You want to see "expensive". Try one of the ANA shows.
As I understand it, pure acetone (not nail polish) will leave NO residue so a distilled water rinse is not necessary. BTW use a ceramic/glass...
Just a different way of holding coins that were pleasing to the collector.
I've got to believe he's insured with someone like Hugh Wood.
With any reasonable degree of precision and accuracy $10 ain't gonna do it. If you are not going to need it often you might consider looking...
I did an Internet search on "non-acidic rust remover" and came up with one possibility....
Fingerprints are notorious for showing up later.
If I understand correctly, KP has a LONG list of specialists/dealers, one or more for each country and time period. They are asked yearly to look...
The "G" looks like it might have a small die chip.
BU is an older grading term along with a multitude of others such as: -- UNC (Uncirculated - approximately translates to MS-60) -- BU (Brilliant...
As collectibles I dislike anything after 1964. Why? I want my coins to have intrinsic value. In general I dislike long sets, Seated Liberty's...
Struck with the rare blurred die? :rolleyes:
Yep, the dies had been used for a while. Lots of metal flow lines.
Ah ha! My mistake. I turned the page and found out there's a difference between the Sac's and the Native Americans. Actually I didn't even know...
Interesting. The Red Book says the edge is plain ... or I read it wrong.
At least the Sac's have a plain edge. You don't have to consider the orientation of any edge inscriptions.
While reading your text the idea that it was struck on a porous planchet immediately popped into my head. But when I saw the images it has the...
Considering the loss in buying power of $1 bills, let the customer use the $2 bill.
I voted to get rid of the $1 bill. Use $1 coins and $2 bills. Otherwise I would only be for a redesign of the dime. It's time in spite of all the...
No copper-nickel coins will get a color designation. That also applies to 1859 through 1863 IHC's and the early 1864's.
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