I use GE Reveal bulbs as well. You might adjust the F stop and shutter speed on your camera in the manual function.
I picked this piece today. Apparently these pieces are pretty rare. [ATTACH][ATTACH] This might help explain if you have never seen one of...
I figured you already knew... lol!
http://www.hobonickels.org/quickid.html If you didn't already know about it. If you can pin down the artist they are worth much more.
I suspect that it's a chinese counterfeit... do you have pictures of the rest of the coin?
Like I said earlier this is most definitely a genuine piece. I paid more then melt... Double melt actually... I was thinking about an eBay special...
Just looks like it was made nice and shiny on the obverse... there are some die clashes on the reverse that you do not see on cast fakes.
It's most definitely a genuine piece.
I have seen a lot of gold dollars made into jewelry but this is a first for me... :so-sad::so-sad::so-sad::so-sad:
Looks like post mint damage to me. Squeezed against another coin very hard with a vice.
Hey gang! We just got in several 25 count rolls of Canadian maple leaves. I figured I'd toss them up here and see if there was any interest....
Ooh man... I didn't see that. Haha!! I got the coin the other day... Loose... Taped to an index card...
Ahhhh sweet victory!
The coin was just barely struck a second time on it's way out of the coining chamber.
Here is a neat error that walked in the store today. [ATTACH][ATTACH][ATTACH]
Here is a coin we bought raw a couple of weeks ago in the shop. It just came back from NGC this morning and I took some pictures. [ATTACH]...
I posted this on the CONECA forum as well and Mike Diamond responded: It's an impression of a steel bristle from a rotating descaling brush. It...
I agree. There is nothing there worth the expensive grading fees. Nice coins... but keep them raw.
What do you guys make of this??? [ATTACH][ATTACH][ATTACH]
This is definitely a fake... Lincoln looks like he's mad, and Asian..... or has smelled something really stinky...
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