Larry, I'm terrible at grading them in MS, but I can see it. You have the fins on the arms of the C. The strike is so-so, the diamond isn't...
Really crude... there are six points to the star and thus six places where the shield touches the lines of the points. Wear only on the surface...
Nope, like most people I accidentally conflated mass and weight. I got it right in one post and wrong in the other. Just remember what mass is...
But it would see silver or no silver.
Not really... An off metal (wrong planchet) would have some numismatic value. Out of tollerance doesn't have additional value.
If it's out of tollerance, it's a problem either way, but it still doesn't tell you anything about the composition.
Stupid is as stupid does? Because the silver war nickels were designed to have exactly the same weight as the copper-nickel alloy nickels they...
Classic repoussé - https://www.coinworld.com/news/us-coins/repousse-and-encased-coins-part-of-exonumia.html (sorry, my spelling of terms derived...
NECRO POST ALERT 2018 thread reanimated by a new member NECRO POST ALERT No, they are not common, but a we buy gold/we buy silver, or a...
It's called Repouse (punched out) it's an art form.
And the first pic looks like an ordinary copper-nickel clad coin that has spent some time in an acidic solution.
Three lies for $1 It wasn't minted in 1906 It's not a genuine ASE It's not silver
So what you are saying is that Meow's prey of choice isn't a Squirrel or Bird, but a green mechanical monster. Good to know!!!!
Oh, they're a little better than that. Their coins are accurately graded, even if you are paying full retail for them. (Full retail is a NICE...
18# is about 2,700 cents at 3.1g each. Headline: Cat breaks CoinStar!
I keep getting offers on my apartment building on Sutton Place in NYC. I've told them many times I don't own the building. Last time I said I...
Bitcoin at 10c, Apple, Microsoft, Google, Intel... Of course, let's be honest, hindsight is 20-20. If you had bought all the stocks that did so...
Now THAT is a FINE use of a broken Igloo Cooler - cold hard cash!
As basic photos of the entire coin that we always ask for, those are great. Decently lit, in focus. Just crop them a little bit (less background)....
The auction tou linked is an older NGC slab.
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