Proof strikes are struck more than once giving them very fine detail. They will usually have mirrored surfaces. I'm not sure that this answers...
I've never understood how this happens, but I find it strangely appropriate that the date and the coin are both slanted. It has since been feed...
It's hard to give a value without seeing the coins and knowing the dates and mintmarks, but I would put a rough value on the first jar at about...
Any chance that they were rare die parings or varieties? Just going off of the date and condition doesn't always work with large cents.
I agree that diluting it is a good idea. And I don't bother with the rubber gloves either. I tried it for the first time on some really hazed over...
I don't think that 65 is unreasonable.
If it has an O mintmark, it is fake.
Since I've seen numerous two cent pieces that look like that after being in an album for many years, I would have thought that a straight grade...
Oh no, sorry to hear that. I recently delt with a bout of skin cancer. The needed to remove the right side of my nose and rebuild it with...
You could try EZest. Works well on proofs if done properly.
I would have much preferred you came back and said that you had a new discovery coin on your hands, but at least it is the coin that has...
MS-66 PFP (partial fingerprint)
Classic AU-58 slider. Nice original look though.
Looks more like the ones that they have been using on ancients for a while now. I kind of like it.
Thanks guys. IMO, the coin isn't the prize here, but the provenance is just cool. I love the connection to old school collecting before slabs...
pretty soon the entire slab is going to covered with these stupid stickers. Learn how to grade your own coins people and stop relying on various...
I can't open the attachment. Can someone put the image up pretty please.
Jack Lee was a friend of mine, so I guess I knew a guy with some very impressive and unique coins. I suppose my favorite of his coins were the New...
Surely there is a hacker among us who can sign in under Doug's name and give us all a like. I've got ten bucks to pitch in on that.
Doug, that's no right that you blame your memory lapse on Frank. And after all the trouble that he had getting them to Florida.
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