I'm not even sure what I'm looking at with those pics. The surfaces look "flat", indicating the coin was altered, but it could be the photos, and...
Somebody was loafing at the mint!
I think you'd have to see the coin in hand to see the full steps.......
Good point. I doubt I would attempt to mess with any higher dollar coins in that way. This is why I avoid problem coins that could eventually need...
No. CU forum is where the consummate snobs of the hobby socialize. Some of the folks there think their crap don't stink. Doesn't mean you can't...
Come on Jason, you're totally slipping. You would own everybody in that contest. I am rooting for all the members who participate.
I'm a specialist in key date Dimes and focus on the ten cent denomination. I still have a lot to learn. This is sadly true. Waiting for my...
I can never talk smack about coins dated 1916........ ..........And coins from my birth year. Excellent pickup.
YouTube is the cesspool of Numismatics. Too many kids with zero (or close to zero) Numismatic knowledge spouting off to equally ignorant people...
Don't get me started with the eBay chicanery!
Ah..... Thank you Paddy. I was assuming she was trying to locate a 1983 copper.
Yes, the coin is copper. The U.S. Mint made copper and zinc cents in 1982. The coin you're looking for is a copper one dated 1983....... And only...
I love the wrong planchet errors. Closest you can come to seeing a coin and it's design as an entirely different denomination. Jcro- question,...
That's incredible. Simply astounding. It looks like it was struck yesterday!!!! Theres something really sexy about this coin, and the other two...
Honestly, it does look PL to me, but there's one way of finding out for sure........ @physics-fan3.14 Regardless, it's a gorgeous blazing...
The nerve of some people. He just wanted to buy it from you for a song and then resell it for a huge profit. I don't think one can be a dealer and...
You continue to make my case stronger as to why I'm so picky about my coins being absent of hits and marks and displaying original Silver patina....
If a cotton cloth can put hairlines on a coin, I would imagine a rose thorn could scratch the surface.
In regards to soaking for months or years- so the acetone does not harm the metal in any way?? And that rose thorn idea makes me cringe...
I would say with limited knowledge of the series myself...... EF45 AU50 (assuming the flatness on the eagle's head and wing is a flat strike) EF40
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