I believe a quick acetone dip would remove any oils that would cause a future finger print toning pattern.
I don't see any immediate signs of counterfeiting, I would have to check my books to be more confident though. That bulge on the neck is from die...
When I did cracked my first proof set it started a chain reaction, I bought a set of Dansco albums with proofs and then somehow all of my proof...
Don't have time to look tonight but here is a link to all of the '89-CC Vams on VAMworld you should be able to pick out which one it is:...
I have one worn one but need to take photos. Here is a place holder until then. [IMG] [IMG]
Yes it came out perfect, everyone could tell exactly what you had. :)
Agreed Pre-'64 nickels are worth about a nickel. Except for certain varieties and errors, you should pick up the cherry pickers guide and see if...
I probably looked at many, many dozens of quarter eagles on TT before finally pulling the trigger on this one. I could tell from the photos based...
LOL that seems like the obvious answer. :)
I agree, that really adds some great character to a musical theme.
Those are some great designs, I love the detail on the 5 Francs. It's almost like those photos of bike races where the winner gets the trophy...
I know folks claim to get returned junk but from what I have read, the mint destroys returned products unless they are boxes returned to sender...
What was the product they inadvertently canceled?
If it was an extra leaf I'm sure by now someone would have noticed the variety on others. I agree, die chip.
Very interesting, it almost looks like it was mangled post mint but the fields look too clean for that to be plausible. I guess struck through...
I saw this on the other forum, guess it works great in both places. I collect quarter and half eagles and think this piece would be among the...
Based on China's track record buying gold from European banks over the last decade it would not surprise me if they actually did it. I think it's...
I was really surprised to see fractional gold on that list, I thought that the mint formally announced they were stopping them and would only...
That's really cool. I like how you can just make out the detail, I wonder if this was found by a metal detector?
This is interesting since I believe the mint formally announced they would no longer produce the fractional versions of gold.
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