I fixed it :) Jim
There are several threads on how to safely crack a slab with little danger to the coin. Even though the case is plastic, a sharp edge/point can...
Doug brings doughnuts to the moderator's lounge every morning, but since I am on the mellow coast, they are always gone when I get in :(
Bring me back a CME T-shirt :) XL
You may well be right as you can see the coin and rotate it around a little. It appeared that there was a doubling appearance on the top of the...
The photo in post shows the flattened doubling that is MD and not Die Doubling. Sorry. Also the fact that the mintmark is similarly doubling...
I am not sure ( having not tried) if the envelope with stiffners would qualify for the USPS Delivery Verification. At least at my local PO, they...
I have wondered why communication after a sale is almost limited to just feedback. I often buy badly cut , but inexpensive gemstones from Thailand...
What kind of tape was it, that it needed a razor rather than just peeling it off. Unless it had been taped for an extended period of time, there...
Most just call themselves Broke :)
I thought the HKME ( Hong Kong Merchantile Exchange) was going to be increasing the "freed silver prices" once they took all of the bullion...
In this case, "date palms", referred by a member who raises edible dates, were coins and notes that show such trees. It was a personal collection...
Try focusing your camera on macro mode through a magnifier, especially the "IN" in the IN GOD WE TRUST. I use those 2 letters for the -004. Jim
i don't specifically collect foreign coins, but Roman, Judean, Iraq, other Biblical and middle east countries have also issued them. Jim
Coper210, Welcome to the Forum! Kasia is correct, The initial was stamped into the face by someone outside of the mint , so it is post mint damage...
First, you will not get "moon craters" from acid unless, you are using exremely strong acid and dropping it on drop by drop/ If you put the coin...
It appears to be VAM -1 with a "filled 2". In the earlier days of VAM, it was called VAM-2, but later removed and put into VAM-1 as a "striking...
I would think that generalized corrosion ( thin layer) would be the most likely. I find it more often on cents in collections that aren't handled...
I believe it is the -002. The other possibility may be the -007, but looking at the upper tip of the 2 should help you decide. The 002 has a...
They always remind me of my Brother-in-law, but I still try to be civil :) My late mother had a favorite saying " There will jewels in your...
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