When I started collecting I was pretty forgiving of any raw coin that looked nice. Not the case any more. Once you learn what to look for you...
If you go through life with the concept that most raw coins are raw for a reason, you can never go wrong. I've picked some out over the years...
The fine horizontal scratches going across would indicate it has been cleaned in the past. If you send it in it would most likely get a "VF...
This is too easy of a contest to pass up. Nice prize selection. Hard to pick. I guess I wouldn't mind having that shiny 1939 RD Lincoln cent....
I voted 62. Be interesting what it would get if cracked out and submitted again somewhere else. Value wise it's only about a $50 spread between...
It looks like a 79 reverse to me. Heck of a label. I've seen it all. lol There's a local jewelry store close to me that will sell you all the...
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I've read 12k is most commonly from Europe. They're usually frowned on if ever sold as scrap just being an oddity in the US. For $2 though you...
Well I got it. Have a feeling I got someone else’s reject they sent back. Has a 1 mm dot like a chip in the mirrored field with haze around the...
I ordered one of the Liberty medals with the neat looking eagle and the tree back in August with something else. I forgot it got put on...
Surface is way too granular on that. Looks like it was sandblasted clean and allowed to re-tone. Sometime take an old cent and wire wheel it....
I was gonna say it looks like at least a F in AG grade. I mean that stands out a bit too. lol
I'm guessing the photo is juiced and it looks nothing like this in hand.
As a collector and a "registry set participant" my experience with W quarters are as follows. I've gotten two of them back in change in my...
I haven't found a good thread on this here on the forum so I'd like to ask everyone what they feel would be an adequate tester for testing bullion...
This was interesting. I'm from Illinois and I got to visit the furthest coin shop from home I've ever been to which was in Billings, MT this...
[ATTACH] Does anyone else like these types of Morgans with two drastically different sides? This is a MS-63 in an older non-prong NGC slab...
Maybe somebody was checking the core for authenticity? That looks very intentional. Damaging it in the process of course but still looks...
[ATTACH] MS-65+ Only Saint I own for the gold type so far. This year was the most abundantly produced gold coin type the mint ever...
I am a fan of overdates as well. They're a neat story and also serve as an additional element that inherently authenticates the coin being...
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