You can purchase all kinds of hardened iron stamps online, I bought a beer stamp, and sometimes for fun, I'll stamp a nickel dollar and toss it in...
Did you try contacting the seller, before you even posted here?? To err is human, why not try giving the seller the benefit of the doubt, before...
That is pretty darned cool... I once found a Canadian 1982 Constitution dollar roll with a blank planchet on the end. Those planchets, however,...
This was my only pattern piece, about 10 were made, struck in pure nickel (normal specimen and business strikes were in silver). Just recently...
Also, the 1954 NSF only occurs on the Proof-like strikes... Here is a 1954 NSF, PCGS PL-67 Red (I picked this one up in Montreal this past...
One of these days... I'll get a chance to attend a major coin show south of the border. Fantastic coins!!
Yes - PCGS MS-63. Sold in the Moore Legacy auction in June, I was the underbidder. http://www.icollector.com/1-DOLLAR-1984_i19827666 I did win...
Why not a special striking of a commemorative silver round??
Would love to see you try that.... north of the border... ;)
To put this thread sort of back on track... here is one that got away... I was the underbidder, and whomever I was bidding against, had deeper...
So how does one quantify eye-appeal in these situations?? Coins with dazzling eye-appeal often sell for prices that like-graded examples could...
That means the collection has possibly passed through several hands now... a thief is unlikely to consign a coin to a major auction house. What...
I have a CoinTalk Gallery, after the hiccups in the beginning, it looks like an easy place to assemble an online gallery....
So what if a good-looking guy, who approaches your table with a fresh Starbucks Latte and a couple of Ferrero Rocher chocolates and gives them to...
I tend to concur with you, even that hand-held XRF looks like a toy. For working with mostly alloys, they should be using something with a...
What exactly is that box in that attachment?? An XRF or just a airport-security style spectrometer set up for a suite of elements?? Does anyone...
The problem with that is - most errors are unique by their very nature... I have trouble keeping up with just pursuing major errors from a single...
Yet - both auction houses (as well as those in Canada) seem to be flooding the market with error coins... collectors and dealers trying to ride...
You really need to visit Canada more Peter... we get insulted if you don't help yourself to a cold beer (followed by profuse apologies)...
Yes. A seller had used another auction template, to sell a Canadian $10 gold coin. It had just been listed when I "bought" it for 99 cents, paid...
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