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And what's the difference between your "doubling" and mechanical doubling?
Isn't "cleaned gems" an oxymoron?
I hope I don't blow Kirks cover in exposing his ID, but there just happened to be a news photographer in the area. Here he is in action! Go get...
Supposedly, but you might not get the desired results. Ugly toning could occur too. If you don't like your coins as they are, sell them and buy...
That's my feeling too. Speculators are also seeing what the 70's are selling for and are snapping up sets to have graded. It'll take a while for...
Raw key date Lincolns. All of them look suspect. They all look to be cheesy cast replicas. Here's the reverses of the 22 no D, the 14D and the...
So now we know what exorcism does to a coins patina. Hmmmm It looks exactly like a dug clad coin.
Pretty sure #4 is hits from reeding below the pump. Looks to be the same die as #2 with the die chip below the bucket. #3 looks the most...
If you have access to a scale that can measure to two decimal places in grams, the weight would probably tell the story.
There's price guides and then there's the real world. Here's a recent auction from e bay. Considerably less than 3 grand....
I think it's lamination. The area at the lower part of the collar on the obverse is directly opposite the U and the R in the motto on the reverse....
Does it seem to anyone else that the OP and SQG might really be Mike Mezak and the guy on Coin Vault?
Given the constant erosion of the 70 premium over the years (and there's no doubt it's happening) there will be less and less incentive to...
If you're not planning on selling it and keeping it as part of your collection and the label is bothering you just crack it out and put it in a...
That's corroded. Not an error. Rosa you should start your own threads for coins you have questions about. You might get more responses that way...
For the silver dollar commems they will fit in a regular airtight made for silver dollars. The outside diameter is a little smaller than the...
No. Someone using modern technology to copy the real artists designs for the purpose of lining his own pockets is not an artist. There are better...
Don't remember seeing that same exact die but die chips are a very common occurance across all series.
Huh? I thought the definition of a broadstrike was struck without a collar? Maybe partial collar. We'd have to see the edge.
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