Yesterday, an auction ended on the 'Bay for a 1914-S Buffalo nickel at a final bid of $1,005 (!). Based on the pictures, it does look to have an...
Yeah, there is a lot of noise that looks to be PMD. It's just hard to tell with some of that white stuff. I'm going to leave it in acetone and...
By the way, I know that many of the scratches are die polish / scratch marks because the lines are in relief and do not go through the devices....
I picked this one up recently. There's a very minor cartwheel luster but the mirroring is very strong. I do see some scratches, but after closer...
Your 1855 cent photo in the slab looks better than PCGS's photo! Anyway, I do wonder why Saturdays aren't made to be more like Thursdays and...
It looks like zinc rot erupting beneath the mint mark.
Interesting to see the apparent trend voiced by many sellers at CSNS that classic commemoratives are weak in price. Now's the time to buy!
Unless it was possibly a proof-like business strike with frosted devices like this one. I'm not 100% sure, but I think these may be rarer than...
It's not a coin per se. I want to get something made... I'll probably create a thread dedicated to it sometime sooner or later.
Like this random example from the 'net right? [IMG]
By the way, here's what it looks like now, post-acetone and post-PCGS. Probably in most cases, it would be a good thing to have the acetone remove...
This is an odd question, but can a coin die effectively strike and create a relief design that has a rim angled like a chapter ring on a watch? I...
IIRC, PMG couldn't completely verify the note given that there was no serial number or something. From what I understand, the quality control of...
I use acetone on copper all the time with great results. One instance where it didn't go as well as I hoped, however, is when acetone made my...
Technically, nothing is "perfect". But by numismatic standards, TPGs try their best at getting it right, lest human error.
This 1943 steel cent appears to be replated, given the highly reflective surface, both on the edge and the obverse/reverse. However, is this a...
I'm still working on my photography skills, but what I find works well for me is A) to use daylight B) diffused through a soft filter such as a...
I have a spreadsheet with 52 columns of data - some are manual inputs, others are automatically calculated based on those inputs. They include...
Maybe they rolled it over, seeing as how it's wheel-shaped, or at least probably more circular in its heyday. This is a bit of a tangent, but I...
This reminds me of the Ancient Egyptians who were able to bore through granite and other rocks. It seems like modern drilling, but precise boring...
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