Ok, what I suggest it to have 2 LEDs positioned at 10:00 and 2:00. That will being the luster out best.
@JeffC what are you using for lighting?
:) :):):) Feel free to post pics and tag me. The initial pictures show a complete lack of patina, which is extremely concerning. :o Keep us...
Very pretty coin!
This is an excellent example for a type album. Authentic, full of character, and damage occurring in the album won’t affect the value of the coin.
It wasn’t a continuous 2000-year project. It was occasionally restored or rebuilt. The current iteration is from the Ming Dynasty. That...
I discouraged clipping/filing the edge. Merchants could look at the edge and refuse altered coins. Also, nice double-struck coin.
This second coin is a great example of the patina all the way down to a coin’s surface being stripped and becoming part of the encrustation of...
Built in the late 3rd Century BC. The Mongol invasion occurred in the early/mid 13th Century AD. That’s 1400 years. Look me in the eye and say...
What I am referring to specifically is when two coins have fused patina, and breaking them apart causes the patina from one to be ripped...
Can confirm. They are so common, I sometimes have 200 of a single type in my collection. I bought these to look through hoards to see what was in...
Here are a couple other Chinese coins that have patina transfer, in which the patina between coins is literally transferred from one coin to the...
So I pulled this coin out again because I like holding it and examining it (who wouldn’t!), and I noticed something absolutely cool! There are...
Those pics are too fuzzy to make a solid determination. I’d say UNC Details
Here is microscopic evidence of this on a proof coin. The rim of the coin is along the bottom of the image, and die polish lines are evident going...
A lot of these people don’t care about why something is not an error. They think it is just a crap shoot whether or not something is an error
Yet there is a huge difference in price.
I always go with an open mind, not knowing what catch my eye or what I will cherrypick. Since I will be looking at a bunch of the dealer’s coins,...
Definite 1917
I don’t see any luster. That makes me stay far away
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