There are fewer members who can do since the "Big Reduction" so get in some reading material until help comes.
The above is correct. It's a little like the mint people clapping with one hand. You can't strike a full coin if one of the 2 dies is missing or...
"but the problem we then have to guard against is that specialists in general learn more and more about less and less until they finally know...
I agree with Paddy's : By all means, for most of us, Fred Weinberg is THE expert, whereas the other authors who classify them as they are...
Hey insider, does your company have an XRF gun and how much do/would it charge for testing validation? I have thought seriously about starting a...
Seems there were none in the 19th century with first mint production in 1936. At first the coins were ordered and bought separately, but later...
I would go MS62 with this one face, what about the obverse?
From my ceramics courses I taught for a couple of years and was in charge of the Kilns . We just used clay. no metals, but both have to have...
??? One will never know for sure, but it I wanted to try to make a copy, I would pull out my small Dremel grinding wheel.
Did you add borax?? It is an important material. Jim
It may look similar to coins others have said are DD, but most are wrong as decades ago the different "experts" were trying to claim as many as...
The odds are against it, but before you put it on sale, ask the dealer or any other dealer that has an XRF gun that can read metallic proportions...
Liquid nitrogen and force. There are a large number of Youtubes that use coins and liquid nitrogen, and as more become aware of it , the number...
By the way, the coin show in San Diego was very nice. I said Hello to the Penny Lady and a few others I knew. The weather and freeway was great (...
This is the check program I use. If you use one, I would like to know which one. This program was free. Thanks Jim [ATTACH]
I do have an "Old" Name star :) I bought as a Christmas gift for a Aunt 40 years ago who is now deceased and since all her possessions came to us...
If an eBay seller even sells only 1 of 10 such listing, they will be sitting pretty. If someone actually thought this was a real USA made coin, I...
Since it is an incomplete planchet, why didn't the high minting pressure present force silver outward at the edge ? I would think the edge would...
Temu is very like Amazon, except if you look at a specific page advertised with such a coin , in the top right side you can see the actual...
If you go to SD coinarama today or tomorrow, show it to the ChulaVistaCoins table. I am going on Sunday :) jim
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