Here's the thing Marshall, it only becomes a political discussion when people make it a political discussion. For example, this statement - -...
Then you'll probably be surprised to learn that the approximate average age for CT members is in the low 30s. Now granted, they are not the most...
The whole process is fairly simple from beginning to end. In the very beginning the coin was probably stored in a soft vinyl coin flip, but it...
Boy Frank ! You have any idea how close ya came ??? :D
Think about it, from the time the very first design was carved into a die for the first coin until today, it has been a continuous process of...
Those pics do a good job of showing how it (PVC residue) eats into the surface. I think most folks have heard about it, are aware of it being bad,...
Understand, but there isn't.
There's a guy standing on the side of the road. On the ground beside him are numerous burlap bags with something inside them squirming all over...
Nahhh - it's just that neither one wants him :D 1,358 I'm gettin there Ken, slow but sure, but I'm gettin there :D
It's pretty common actually, typically due to a change in lighting, whether intentional or unintentional. A lot of folks simply don't realize it,...
Me too, way more than a few. But the simple fact that you asked the question you did proves to me you're not ;)
For what it's worth - I like it ! And in my opinion the coin is correctly graded as it is. And, being in that slab there are more than a few...
Typically, when it's a mix like that, the TPGs "pretend" they're all die polish lines and straight grade them. But all that does is fool those who...
I'd say there is a mix of die polish lines and hairlines on the coin.
"Why did Barbers wear so well, but Ikes, and Washington Quarters, not so well." It may sound like a simple question but that's really a pretty...
I first posted about it here on CT shortly after the date you see on the pics I posted. Probably a few more besides.
As I have said and posted many times before, nobody is ever banned from this forum without just cause - not ever ! And there is nor has there ever...
CT policy is the staff will not discuss matters of this nature with other members.
PL yes, but DMPL - I've never heard of one. [IMG]...
Russia has a good bit of experience with it. Starting in 1768 the Russian Royal Mint minted counterfeit Netherlands god ducats for a 150 years -...
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