Yes, from Alibaba dealers...legal to make in China. If you paid more than a dollar or so each, get your money back unless you wish to keep to...
Going mainly on the 3rd photo on left side, it appears to be MD, but the close ups are a little more fuzzy than the others. Jim
The "Ray guns" are selling on ebay for avg. of about $20,000 now a few 'repurposed' ray guns have shown up in military surplus for much less, but...
Well if that is now so, I am glad to change my answer. The latest I can find on it is 2014 PCGS show and Tell video, and the XRS was mentioned as...
Appears to be wear and damage to it. IMO Jim
I think it is a zinc plated cent ( yes it is 'shiney' when first done), but later it oxidizes like the normal zinc cents. The only way to remove...
Yes, a TPG is a third party Grading company like PCGS or NGC, etc. A sniffer is sometimes called a Puffer, but it is a type of mass spectrometry...
I don't know if they do, but it can be done rapidly and inexpensively. I realize ancient coins are cleaned, but is it acceptable to fill cracks or...
If ( and I realize it doesn't apply to most ancient collectors ) one is going to send to a TPG and they are ones that use "Sniffers", they will...
Astronomical numbers always grabs the attention. Some people have a very short attention span and do not bother to read the rest.
Welcome to the forum Nils, the post you responded to was more than a year ago. The software only gives the date of the post in small faint info at...
Don't forget "follow the money", the better the grade on the 'specials' the higher the claimed value that XXX or XXXX or XXXXX company can claim.
Then they should have mentioned that iron is magnetic and it is the majority element in steel of which coins have been made before, and even some...
Well they told you wrong. Iron, Cobalt , and Nickel are all magnetic at temperatures humans normally live. Also some rare earth mixtures ( makes...
You can see on the enlargement where the 7 and the 9 also got a similar swipe. Most likely a coin counter or roll crimping tool. Jim
It Appears to be mechanical doubling damage to me. Jim
On the Home page, click on FORUMS and pick the one most appropriate for your subject and look for the blue rectangle that says POST NEW THREAD,...
For cents, Coppercoins.com is still a good one , Lincoln cent resource is excellent ( www.lincolncentresource.com )
A popular thing is to cast your own bars using melted scrap silver or gold or ASEs. You can buy hard carbon molds on ebay ( search silver molds)...
Deflection Kurt? Stay alert Kurt, Karma is a fun companion. Jim
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