Uhhh...before I cry wolf to e-bay is there any chance at all this is a legitimate PCGS holder? (note the PCGS logo embossed on the lower right...
It kind of depends on the value of the coin and therefore how much protection the cent "deserves". When I find "nifty" coins in my pocket change,...
I like the idea of this poster but probably won't buy in its current form. I would prefer they hadn't put an advertisement right in the middle of...
A quick Google search turned up a coin shop at the corner of Inwood Road and Forest Lane in Dallas. http://www.dallasrarecoinsltd.com I have no...
Regardless of what microscope camera you end up with, lighting matters a heck of a lot. As others have alluded to the LEDs that come with most...
It really would be fun to walk into somebody's coin shop and squish a coin on a fly press (which is the type of press being used in OdedPaz's...
I'm actually kinda' bummed the OP isn't going with an overgrown version of the elongated penny roll press. I had visions of someone walking into...
Actually, a large part of the reason that rocker press can be so "small and lightweight" is because it isn't impressing the entire image all at...
The force necessary to impress an image on a "coin" is -mostly- related to the crossectional area of the coin--not to the thickness of the...
...On second thought... Again, all this hinges on weather I correctly understand what the OP wants to do. Get yourself a used rolling mill...
I think up to now everyone has missed a detail of the OP: "Basically I want an adult version of the elongated penny machine." Most of the...
I have no idea weather logistics companies actually cherry pick or not. However I can say you don't have to hire a trained monkey to do the...
You definitely have to be careful picking what circumstances you choose to use tape to hold things together. But yes, under the right conditions...
A lot of that yellow kapton tape goes into spacecraft. It holds up at temperature extremes and keeps wires from flopping around. Here on Earth...
I see, on the obverse, "JK" over the D in GOD. Did the people at the mint finally realize all these made-to-collect bullion are a bridge too far...
Go to a local trophy engraving/sign shop. Most of them have CNC CO2 lasers. Ask them to cut out a bunch of circles from colored acrylic that are...
For the few, long winded, grumpy folk who are freaking out that someone somewhere -may someday- try to defraud someone with one of DC's coins:...
I'm new to Coin Talk but not new to internet forums. It doesn't give me a warm fuzzy feeling to see the moderators actively participating in a...
Indeed. Cool tour. Old thread. I have the same concern another poster mentioned: The people handling coins do not appear to be wearing gloves...
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