Have you ever had bacon-infused waffles? :hungry: Mmm
I'm sure you were just being facetious, but the hairlines came from circulation.
If you want to put this comment at the end of my writeup, feel free. That would make for a very good discussion
AU-58. No higher
I’ve found that buying coins with stories and being willing to tell the stories entices young people more than anything. I have many friends who...
That pile would go well in my “pile” thread from earlier. Great assortment!
Common Chinese coins are as cheap as dirt. I got all of these for 50¢ each. [ATTACH] There are many (hundreds!) different types and varieties...
This article was about the myriad of tells used to detect improper cleanings. It is not a discussion of what is a proper/improper cleaning. There...
Odd on that large cent. I’ve seen worse in PCGS VF holders. Was it net-graded downwards for the surface issues (the darkness)? The pictures were...
VF-20 and MS-63?
PCGS has actually changed their published standard: “92: Cleaning: Surface damage due to any form of abrasive cleaning.” It is a very strict...
@KEK52 just so you are aware, @GDJMSP uses “cleaning” to denote a proper cleaning and ”harshly cleaned” to denote an improper/abrasive cleaning of...
I’m finally home and can look at this on a larger screen. They are quite obviously not the same coin. I believe that someone created a...
2.25 times face [ATTACH]
My first thought was MS-63
The dies of the left coin were made by a US die sinker in 1818. The dies of the right coin were made by a Chinese counterfeiter in the 2000s. The...
You have no idea what you are talking about. Here is a genuine and counterfeit 1818 B-10 quarter. This is a die-transfer counterfeit. By your...
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Yup. Altered S-187. You can see where they wore away the massive obverse die break. The die breaks and strike weakness on the reverse also match...
I don’t know, but this DDO/DDR 1910 nickel showed up on UK eBay (unattributed) from a good small-time seller [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]...
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