There is no definitive answer Cliff, nor is there any right or wrong answer because there can be too many variables at play. In some situations US...
There have been quite a few theories about what causes milk spots, but that's all they are - theories. The truth is no one actually knows what...
Fair enough, but I was thinking more along the lines when I was 7 years old and my grandfather first showed me his coin collection and got me...
This one - [IMG] - reminds me of what we used to see in some of the old Tab-style coin holders, similar to what we see here - [ATTACH]...
A few days ! :jawdrop: :wideyed: Egads ! - you mean we gotta wait that long ? :inpain: C'mon now Dan, we been waitin 10 years as it is !! :D
But they should be ! Chop marks are no different than any graffiti on a coin made by anybody else. Chop marks are damage by definition because...
I'm sure lots of folks have heard about or read about it as it's been mentioned numerous times on the forum over the years, in this thread for...
We are in agreement on that !
Evil ? No. But unstable ? Absolutely ! And it's not just paper money, it's all money, regardless of its form. The very definition of unstable, or...
Ehhh, theoretically perhaps, but to a degree there pretty much always has been a certain amount of instability. Assuming of course that one...
I am greatly saddened by this news and so sorry for your loss. He will be missed, but never forgotten !
I don't know what article you're reading, what your source is, but that isn't what happened. But I do know there are other articles that made the...
With this coin it was the grease/oil that prevented that contact, stopped the lines from being struck out. When it was a planchet the lines we see...
No not at all. When they came up with the idea of making reverse Proofs they simply offered them for sale, to anybody and everybody, just like...
Yes.
I wasn't disputing that Mike. I was merely agreeing with their reason for why that piece is missing - which what you asked to begin with.
Your choice of course, but what do you do when then is something harmful on the coin - just leave it there ? Here's the thing. If coins were...
They're not, they're flat, and the high points of the coin do touch the holder. I say no, absolutely not, and for several reasons. Proper coin...
So answer me this Charley, do you believe that gradeflation is a real thing or not ? And a simple yes or no is all that is I ask for.
I don't think so, the lines are too uneven and some too severe to be roller marks. I think he nailed it when he called them adjustment marks on...
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