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Smelting any metal can easily bring more legal problems than you might expect. Ceramics is no longer taught in my college due to the upgrades in...
Thanks for reporting the problem.
Sorry, no.
I think both are MD, but there seems to also be die deterioration on the top of the "1", the tail of the '9' and the right side of the '8'.
To prove that proof dies were used on a business strike, you would have to have a significant number of markers match in comparison of the proof...
Yes, It is PMD. If it was damage on the die, the marks would be raised on the coin. If it was damage on the planchet, the lines would run beneath...
No. There are some chemicals that can remove light corrosion and there are chemicals that can remove organic material without rubbing ( which...
I would still like to see the edge of the coin at an angle please.
Hi Jt, Welcome to the forum. You seem to be having a problem of duplicating your post in this thread and making duplicate or even triplicate...
Proofs are not determined by the quality of the strike alone , as different dies and minting procedures are used. Post #45 shows my 1909 MP in the...
Collect the seeds and sell them on ebay so people can grow their own coinkin next Halloween.
But that includes the idea that there were sound reasons why gold moved from under $300 up to 1800+. What if that was the manipulation also and...
I think the pumpkin shows some Vibrational Doubling , probably worth a lot :)
I am fairly sure also that it is plated. A cut or filing would have to be done shallow to test, as the plate 'should' test 14K. If you obtained...
Some of the Gold Clad rings sold rather inexpensively by QVC are labeled with GC. Since it isn't as strict a term as Karat or Sterling, these...
Actually, if you look carefully where they cross the "S", they indent the letter, so they were produced after the strike, so post mint damage....
I think that members with even the smallest amount of knowledge in this area knows very well those that are 'pretenders', who contribute nothing...
Borrow someone's dremel moto-tool with a small bit and inscribe a Copy on the back and sell or keep as reference.
I did drop a few small drops of acetone on the back edge of a PCGS slab and it etched it to a frosty drop. It was full strength acetone. It was an...
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