Thanks! It was a 2 fold purchase. One because I love that design, and 2 so I can start seeing the different grades in hand.
Well after reading a ton and being terrified of various condition scales, fakes, overdipping and alibaba I decided to start small and just grabbed...
What does that mean? The separation of the ribbon part? I have read they made so many of these the strike can be really weak, too
Hi All, My grandpa started me collecting pennies back in 1985 or so, and we did it for a few years in the whitman books until I lost interest and...
Funny you should ask! Vintage Kenner Star Wars and 30s-50s toy ray guns!! Huge Star Wars fan. I even did some VFX work on Rogue One.
Another one found in the inherited coin box - And another bad pic (I need to get a good lens) 1931 Koningrijk Der Nederlanden 1 cent! I guess...
Awesome guide! Found all 3! thank you!
Hi All Still digging through this box of foreign coins and have found a few treasures :) But these I have no idea how to identify! Would love...
Is there a grading service that is better for foreign! I was just going to use ANACS
Awesome! Thank you!!! I’m going to send it in here at some point - just waiting for enough to do the economy option :)
Thank you all The only reason I would want out (cash out value) is emergency. I was part of a large downsizing years ago and was laid off longer...
Thank you all for the amazing replies. I should clarify that by “investment” I don’t mean “make money” - I have a job for that :) I just like to...
Hi All Ready to jump in and buy my first coin. I have collected a lot of things in my life, and having started "smartly" and "dumbly" before - I...
Ahhh. The brown diamond technique. “This diamond is brown, send it to the saw factory!” “No sir, this diamond is chocolate, let’s charge a...
The other 20c is from Hupeh prov. Its actually a nicer condition coin.
Thank you! I wish I could get my macro working so I could take some better pics to judge the grade! I thought "cleaned" - not to mention...
Hi All - This is one of 2 "1 mace 4.4 candreen" coins I have - both different provinces. I was looking on ebay and saw a similar coin graded...
I saw someone refer to this as "gold toning" and I have also seen this called "turning brown." Someone please educate me!
Thank you - Random newbie question - I see people use EF and XF - Are those the same?
I can't say for certain but if it was, it was a long time ago - It's been in this plastic box for at least 30+ years with a ton of other random...
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