There's an article in the most recent issue of Coin World about the announcement. Unfortunately, this announcement appears in the Nov 27th issue...
I think the fundamental issue here is credibility. If the certification services are willing to certify something that, by general agreement,...
You're probably right. I'll ask NGC to certify my clad state quarters as 0.9999 Platinum Eliasberg. They'll be worth a fortune when my kids are...
I'm wondering the same thing. The US Mint was way more diplomatic than I thought they needed to be. They said "Coin dealers and grading services...
I'm with you. The coins are so beautifully made and so close to perfect, I see little to be gained by taking them out of their display box and...
During the past few months, the fallacy of the "first strike" designation has been made unambiguously clear by the US Mint....
Thanks for your suggestions. I put them back into the box that they were in when the toning started. They're still in the cardboard holders and...
So what conditions are conducive to "natural" toning. Supposedly lying in a mint bag for several decades works well, but I don't have any bags....
Recipe for toning quarters So now that I'm replacing the toned quarters with new ones, I might as well have some fun with the toned ones....
The argument against that is that it was only the top coin on each stack that was toned. That made me think it was something in the air. I...
I purchased several sets of uncirculated state quarters from a mail order dealer. They came in individual 2X2 cardboard holders. I stored them...
It's a Yiddish expression. Feh! A visceral expression of disgust, either physical or emotional. see...
I was using an estimate for a TiVo file converted to mpg which is a fairly universal format. I'm not familiar with xvid. Would that provide...
That wouldn't be permitted under copyright law. It would also be a very large upload. Even with compression, an hour of video will be at least...
Thanks! The TiVo has been programmed for 11/11 at 4pm.
I presume there's a story about why the 1999 proof sets didn't have a SBA dollar. Does anyone know about that? I know that the US Mint made a...
How can you tell the difference between mechanical and true doubling? Does this have to do with the fact that proof coins are always struck twice...
Yes. I thought this might be artifact from the scanner, but I confirmed it with a direct under a microscope. Does anyone know if this degree of...
Thanks for the information. That's exactly what I was looking for, but didn't find.
That's what I was thinking. Also I think it deserves "first strike" designation because it's the first thing that struck the pavement.
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