Beats using mayonnaise.
Schmutz is a general term for the mixture of grease, grime, dust, powdered metal, etc., that ends up clogging dies. Here's one with retained...
One thing I've observed is that if one die has a lot of schmutz on it, the other one tends to as well.
A thin planchet wouldn't have strongly struck detail near the rims. If the planchet were thin only in the middle, you might get this effect, but...
Pretty sure those are hair detail.
The only one that makes sense to me is struck through schmutz. The periphery is strongly struck, it is uncirculated, a worn die would show a...
I can't tell from these pictures if you have VAM 54. Check for the die markers mentioned on that page. Note that the mint mark is set to the...
64. Elgins have a generally soft design, sort of like Peace dollars, and marks pop out more than they do on some other issues. There are a few...
Knife cuts. These raise up metal adjacent to the cut. The raised metal eventually wears down and covers up the cut, leaving a ridge.
The pictures I took above were out of the slab. Color shift is not affected by the presence or absence of plastic.
I do all my own photos, but end up with TVs of some coins because they're required. More often than not, I really don't like the TVs, and color...
You also have stuff like the Western and Central CFA francs, which are each shared by several western and central African countries, respectively,...
Demand a refund. PayPal or CC chargeback if you used either. Make him famous only as a last resort.
I'd be concerned with authenticity, too. Here's a real one:...
The high grade Una and the Lion alone went for over €1 million. The set added up to about €1.3 million with the juice. It doesn't look like...
The second set is an improvement on the first. I'd harden the light further still, because the luster is still a little dead. There are a couple...
No problem. I was just wondering how this graded. Enjoy Halloween. I'm hoping we get some kids tomorrow for "Trick or Yeet." I plan on...
48 hours after the OP is up. Grade?
For years, Susan Maltby, a museum conservator and expert on coin storage safety, ran articles in Coin World. There are links to a few years worth...
And here I thought the "F" was a Christmas Story "Fudge." If you let the Mint's sales department determine your collecting habits, eventually you...
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