I believe you hit the nail squarely on the head.
The relentless auctions of Lincoln cents with the "L in the rim" for obscene amounts of money kill me..... But my all time favorite was at a local...
Sure is difficult with the thumbnail photos. I can't blow the thumbnail photos up. Can you try again attaching the photos?
Now that you mention that..... Didn't the powers that be say that they were doing an inventory of Fort Knox?
Yep @CoinCorgi was on the mark. Half hour in a warm water bath and the ring of black goo is gone. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
OUCH!!!!
You sound like me. I was an absolutely awful student.... But I hold a coin in my hands and I have to know everything about who may have used that...
Only been two times I carried a stack of junk silver coins to my dealer. Both times he asked me if I wanted a receipt.... Didn't matter anyway...
Cool. Thanks!
Actually..... That bezel and chain have a home. Yesterday my daughter called me in tears because the screw came out of the bezel on the necklace...
You guys are far too kind!! LOL
Yeah.... That would have been helpful!! The freed coin is at home and I was making a hardware store run this morning and figured I would add a can...
I bought a 1912 eagle mounted in an old bezel from a coworker. I have no interest in the bezel and removed it and was surprised to find no damage,...
Dave if you need to store that Morgan book in a box….. I got plenty of room in my attic…. Just sayin’…
No kidding. I just looked at the charts and swallowed my chewing gum.
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I did have a friend of mine that teaches German translate the legend on the obverse. It came back something like, "Consider everything with...
Oh yes. You are hired to do my next auction. Ha!
I was wondering what was cluing folks into a cleaned surface.
I am not your error guy. I am sure the experts will be along in short order. I do believe you have a 41 with a lamination issue. A cool little...
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