Nice pickups. People collect those contemporary counterfeits, as you probably know, and it is quite possibly worth more than you paid :) I love...
Ed, I'm not sure exactly what you are looking for, but here are a couple ebay auctions to look at if you haven't already, which are priced at or...
A repunched mint mark is simply where the mint mark was punched into the die more than once. Typically, you can see doubling, or traces of the...
N_sandler, Your coin I believe is a strike through error, which explains the starburst. There are many out there with this effect.
http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQfgtpZ1QQfrppZ25QQsassZcoindealsetc Please note, if you buy any of these, they do have problems. Free shipping and...
To me it looks like a vg-10. The black spot on the reverse looks bothersome, but it looks like it could be gently removed by soaking it in...
It was in the riverside/chino area of California.
High relief, or Ultra high relief? :D I personally prefer the high relief, and would love one day to own one.
It has some striking weakness on the reverse, which is very typical, overall a very nice coin, that I would put somewhere in the xf range.
Welcome! I think you will find that people share the same love of coins that you do here. The people are the nicest folks around based on my...
If you are having fun doing it, then I think you should definitely go for it. I used to do the same thing, and had a blast. I don't do it now, as...
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Craig, if you need help posting your photos, please feel free to email them to me at zas107@gmail.com, and I will crop them and upload them for...
Thanks for the tip! I'll try that.
Another way to crack out NGC coins is, is you have a vice that opens wide enough, you can insert it and close, it will pop open at the seams.
Snips for new anacs holders, and pcgs holders. All others I place edge up in a vice, and wham smack the heck out of them with a hammer.
I haven't seen too many dealers stick out in my mind for how they treat YN's(in a positive sense), except for Julian Leidman. I witnessed him...
I know this issue has been discussed many times here, so sorry for bringing it up again. Just a few thoughts on the subject. It really saddens...
I personally think so, and I've had a couple of folks much sharper than myself say that felt it would be worth trying to walkthrough a couple...
The top pop is a single 68 non full bands example. I cracked it out, as I felt the plastic was hindering the view of the coin.
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