This edge type is called a "security edge". The dot is simply the mint mark for Bombay, and is found on other countries coins minted there as...
It's a normal coin, just a nice and lustruous example. Also I don't think they used screw presses anymore by the 20th century.
Souvenir corkscrew, very cool :)
Doesn't it always? :)
Watching you handle that coin with the gloves was painful, especially the parts where you rub over it. It would be much safer to just hold it with...
I've gotten several emails of this type. They are hoping to root out the rotten ones among us... simple as that.
1810 :)
Very cool. I have one with the opposite clash - outline of Vicky's bust around the denom. Her nose starts right at the tip of the 1 in the date....
Netherlands nickel coins starting from the late 1960's are often found with a proof-like appearance - reflective fields and frost looking devices....
I really like the Oaxaca 8 reales, and the 1808 10 cash is pretty tough to find in such a grade. Most of these for sale are sea salvaged from the...
Yep it's a copy. Proof-like looking examples like this are. Originals would not be reflective, unless you have a rare proof, which looks quite...
Thanks for that explanation, this perfectly describes what I see on weak areas as opposed to worn areas.
I doubt there is anything that is beyond challenge lol
I honestly have no idea what or where your opinions are. Kind of seems all over the map when I try to make sense of it. I am just trying to make...
You just totally edited what I said in my actual post (#279) and added a lot of stuff I never said in the quote above.
I just want to clarify something. What we call "weak strike" may not always be exactly that. You have coins where some of the recessed parts of...
Weirder things have happened :)
Wouldn't that mean a coin with the same denomination doubled. :vamp: ... this is such a green18-esque post
Your technical explanation may make sense on paper, but I'm going to stick with the reality of what my eyes know from looking at tens of thousands...
Swallow it and go to the emergency room. Works every time
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