I certainly learn a lot hanging out in the Ancient Coins Forum...Thanks!
I don't know these coins, but the first think I do is to investigate any Neutral or Negative feedbacks if the Seller's rating is below 99.8%. In...
It's certainly rare to find in one in circulation.
In numismatic circles, the common advice is..."Buy the book before the coin". When I was growing up, my Father had a similar saying that I always...
Very interesting find...congrats!
I stayed at the Rio in Vegas shortly after it opened in the early '90s. I wanted free drinks, but the girls moved too fast past the quarter...
Cool coin and cool story. It would be nice is you knew for sure.
...but, but, but, it's a 1997-P half. :) I recall slot machines using coins in the early '90s. I don't recall any using half dollars, though. I...
The machines I play take paper money and regurgitate vouchers.
I was wondering if it might be a "dryer coin"... https://adventuresincrh.blogspot.com/2018/03/dryer-coins-what-are-they-how-are-they.html
It's hard to tell from your pics.
I was gonna say that it looks like the path of the bullet...but that would be crass.
As much as I agree with your assessment (I've learned not to argue), I think of "tooling" as the use of some sort of "tool" to enhance the...
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Just a guess...but if I were the TPG and guaranteeing the grade, I would tend toward the worse case scenario...since there's no way to prove...
I've often fantasized doing something to make Mercury Dime split bands look better, but I've never had the guts to try.
I was just trying to rule out differences in environmental conditions. Reactive substances in the air may be different between the open air of a...
I was thinking AU50.
Back in the '60s, my dad would wrap his coins in thin aluminum foil sheets. I unwrapped some that hadn't been opened in 50+ years...and they all...
About 15 years ago, I began learning about and collecting early Taxco silver. The early pieces were made with higher silver content alloy (.940 -...
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