Wouldn't that be analogous to saying that you don't care if it came from a silversmith in China as long as it looks nice?
Inevitably, coin collections are stolen and spent at face value. Inevitably, someone will be the lucky recipient of a rare treasure. But, if you...
wow lawdogct, nothing like $160+ profit on your lunch break.
Isn't that was speedy said, or am it missing something?
But for that, it would need an identifiable date/mint mark, would it not?
I can't tell for sure from the picks, but it seems to have a lot of orange peel effect in the background fields.
It seems people here are describing the safety deposit box area of the vault. There is another door inside the vault that leads to the cash...
It was there a couple days ago when I posted for about $830.
OK, here's an SMS coin listed on teletrade, there is definitely no prooflike mirroring going on with this coin....
Before seeing the Teletrade thread, I never realized that site existed. Well it's back up and I was browsing it and came across this....
It's all wear and tear. Don't know how best to explain it, but the dirt, the lack of a raised rim, the look of the edge, the feel of it all...
Also, don't forget error coins. Varieties take much more time to find, but they are out there. You will also get stuck with tokens, foreign...
I dont't know about $25, but sometimes you get lucky and someone buys it for face + shipping because it makes a decent liar's poker note. It's...
Ahhh, the good old SGS grading scale.
The edge of the note needs to impede into the design. But for some strange reason, people on eBay seem to think that if the design is shifted a...
Found this little baby in circulation today. It's copper clad (I didn't mess with the scan color, so it should still look like nickel). My...
Is it me, or does it look like this coin got cooked? By no means am I experienced with this type of error, but for some reason, If this were a...
Yes, but one also needs an electrolytic solution. It's my understanding that varying additives to the solution can help/affect the actual plating...
Maybe we should just be trying to cash in our $3 bills.
What's the cost today for a do it yourself gold plating kit?
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