First thought was AU50.
Impossible to tell from those images...
Adjust the levels properly and you get this image. No trickery here, just post-processing the photo to be properly exposed. [IMG]
Google is a wonderful thing... Try the information at this link.
KM is often off (sometimes by orders of magnitude) on their guide values compared to actual prices paid for coins in the market. It's not...
Both images are technically quite nice. I know it's the "mantra" of people to repeat the phrase "make the coin look like it does in...
That Spain coin is stunning! Congrats on the trio.
I would guess 2/09 would mean February of 2009. Maybe the "S" is the artist's "signature"? Pretty cool whatever it is... :D
That was a terribly useful post (?) :confused:
It's not a USA coin, but my favorite for < $50 was this 4 centavos piece from Portugal. I got it for $30... [IMG] [IMG] [IMG]
Looks to say "MAGISTRAT DER STADT DRIESEN" -- Driesen is the German name for a town in modern-day Poland. It was a part of Germany until after WW2.
Nice example. These tokens are classified based on the Fuld numbers of the dies used to strike them. Yours looks to be the pairing of die number...
done.
No.
Apparently you can't read. I said "at least this forum has a separate area for such discussions"... No need to get your britches all in a...
My comment was a joke ... maybe you missed the wink? I don't understand hoarding bullion, and if you buy a gold coin (except the...
I always guessed that (pickling = acid wash of some sort) was the way they got that "satiny" finish, but I'm not completely certain. That "look"...
The pictures aren't very good, but the rim bump above the bust ruins the coin for me. It's not huge, but it's big enough to bother me forever if...
...still waiting for the $400 mark, then I might buy a gold coin. ;)
I don't get it...
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