That's really good advice for counterfeit detection. I've never thought to start at the rims.
I think they only note toning if they think it was artificially applied, meaning that the Peace Dollar's toning is natural.
C'mon, isn't the pressure exerted by the press more important than the size of the press? :smuggrin:
It's sad that happens. 100 to 200 years of a natural reaction gone in ten seconds. Unless a coin's toning is beyond butt ugly, I don't think it's...
How did they manage to clash cent dies with those? I can't see a reason why they'd be opposite of each other in a press...
MS64?
Others may see it differently, but I see it not as an investment but as a hobby that I have a good chance of making my money back on. Coin...
Me too! As much as I want to say the $3 is fake just for the fun of it, I'll say $10 is fake and $3 is MS63.
I too wish they'd make them in .900 silver just like the originals. They did it with the 2009 Lincolns (original composition) for collectors, so...
Very nice coins! There's something special about circulated wheat cents that I love.
I wonder what the lowest NGC has ever graded a medal. I would be tempted to carry a medal as a pocket piece and send it in so I could own a...
Try not to laugh, but about a month ago I had a pretty vivid one. Here's how the dream went (abridged version): I was searching through a coffee...
Very interesting. Something tells me that die didn't get used too much longer.
I think it means Buy/Sell/Trade. Either that or I don't know what I'm talking about and I've been misinterpreting most of this thread.
What's that bulge to the right of the III? Nice 3¢ by the way. I'd say VF to VF+.
It's a neat little application. Wouldn't it be cool to go back in time and show the app to someone like David Rittenhouse? Something tells me...
Is this a repunched mintmark or machine doubling? Or something else? Even if it's only worth $0.01 (well, $0.017 when you take into account its...
What loophole was used to make the King Farouk specimen legal to own?
The dig may not look pretty, but I know I certainly won't look that good when I'm 221 years old!
Didn't a 1793 large cent get sent into space? I thought I remembered reading about it being the coin that traveled the furthest from Philadelphia...
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