Crap, I am so sorry. I took a random pic off ebay for an avatar. No insult intended.
I bid on it anyway. He does nice work. :eek: :p
My avatar looks like a fake job too, huh?
How do you know? Ah...I see, lol.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Amazing-1964-D-Kennedy-Half-Dollar-Rainbow-Toned-/130823584690?pt=Coins_US_Individual&hash=item1e75b17bb2
When I was a kid, you could still get Buffalo nickels in change. For some reason I was always more excited about finding one of those than silver.
What's the alloy on those old Soviet roubles?
Thank you for the clarifications, gentlemen. Having searched a number of Kennedy Half Dollars from mint sets, I'm finding that the ones from the...
Pfft. I've got a dozen of those lying around the house. :goofer:
Wow. Suzie looks good for a change!
Looks like you've got a few degrees of die rotation - it's fairly common on older pieces. So you spent a little too much on a couple of coins you...
Here's a stack of punch cards. In it you will find my response to this thread. :)
Bust halves aren't junk silver IMO - I could never see them that way. So having a handful of them in low grades was never terribly satisfying. I...
Acetone bath - it'll remove the residue (if any) and leave the toning. That's a strong coin. You made a good choice!
Anyone have a business photographing coins? Not asking for a freebie...
Really??? They seem much nicer in all respects than business strikes. Just those minor little hits that you don't even notice without a loupe...
Do they come rolling off the presses into bins like business strikes? Or are the hits all post-mint damage?
This guy did have boxes of V Nickels, Buffalos, Mercury Dimes, etc. Probably some decent cherry-picking in there. I'm going to get the CPG and go...
The other shop was geared toward collectors. He had plenty of coins cut from mint sets, extracted from proof sets, neatly organized in trays. He...
They already have the feel of third-world coinage. Dang, make them out of aluminum and be done with it. I'd like to see some coinage in titanium....
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