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Got rid of the plastic boxes awhile back...Now use double row black boxes at a forth the price...more convenient...problem solved. They stack...
Just another reason to call the 64 SMS coins SP or special strikes. Only a handful were produced, while the 64 Proofs were struck in the...
It has been my concern for many years that any and all silver PF coins left in government packaging up to 1989 is prone to this ugly hazy toning....
Cleaned or not, it will grade high and is a very attractive coin...I'd put it in an album or capsule and leave well alone.
Saw one of these dated 1796 in a pawn shop yesterday....the magnet lifted it right up. Lousy job on the obv. die! It was not for sale.
Not only NO FG, but no Eagle either. Is it a over polished die or is it over polished?
The Chinese imported many thousands of 50-Ds in the late 60s to early 70s. Q David bowers quotes this in his analogy of famous coin hoards. They...
I've had great luck with 50% solution of clear ammonia and water dip followed by a distilled water rinse and distilled water rinse and dried with...
Looks like a solid 65. Good strike...Probably a genuine coin but who can tell? Ones with a weak strike are likely fakes from China...They were...
No gloves for me...can't feel the coin with them on...I work with clean hands, over clean satin cloth, and use a new and clean credit card to flip...
I think so, maybe, I don't know.
64
May have been dipped at some time but is re-toning to natural color over time.
I'm searching for a 1950 PR cameo Lincoln Cent. Not a very exciting coin but very difficult to find with good eye appeal at a fair price. This...
Hammer time.
66 at best...weak strike...just worth the plastic in that grade. Very poor detail on rev...agree it's well over graded.
That's a rattlesnake in it's mouth!
I have often tried to make sense of the 70 point scale. If you draw a 7 in. by 7 in. box, then at the lower right corner as a pivot point, strike...
Nice photo of aluminum ingots.
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