Did you ever know him in person? I've had two copies and they both quickly became loose leaf references. They weren't used. That surprises me....
A magnifier with a built in measuring reticle works real well for that. they aren't cheap, but they are handy.
The bust half book is pretty easy to use, the descriptions are pretty good, the coins are bigger and they tend to be in better condition than the...
It also made half cents legal tender for the first time. Up until then they had never been legal tender. Most people are surprised to learn that...
It may be an authentic cob, I can't tell if it is 4 reales or an 8 reales the denomination markings aren't visible so weight would be needed....
That's why you have the insurance policy, and most likely the rates would be lower if the coins were kept in the SDB. Hugh Wood specializes in...
With a one decimal point scale the 3.3 could be as little as .01 grams overweight and the 3.4 could be anywhere from .11 to .2 grams overweight....
If you enlarge the admittedly poor images, that coin was showing proper cartwheel luster. Most likely it was a legitimate non-plated zinc cent....
Except for T1 buffalos, 1916 and 17 type 1 standing Liberty quarters, and some one year only type coins.
That is true and there is a lot of correspondence in the archives on the subject. Whether it was proper, complaints about the mint competing with...
Try a wire brush. :D
The only time I might post something like that is if a serious question has been asked and no one has responded for some time (like five of six...
You are on the road to being a numismatist, and not just a coin collector. Yes books can be expensive, not having books can be more expensive....
Not in 1974. Thickness at the edge is more a function of striking pressure than anything else. A stronger strike allows for more complete...
Go to the Newman Numismatic Portal, under Periodicals search for The Gobrecht Journal. Year 2005, then issue 94, then for year 2006 issue 97....
There are seven die combinations that were used by the Confederacy (six with Union dies one with the Confederate reverse) W-9 thru W-15. There...
I don't believe so, but since ALL of the 2017 Philadelphia cents had the P mintmark people would have had to hoard over 2 billion coins. So they...
The mint had the same problem with the three cent nickels that they did with the shield nickels. The hard planchets tore up the dies quickly and...
Then either you never took chemistry (most people don't), or your school had an even more substandard educational system than mine did, and ours...
It won't. It will remove dirt, grease, organic material, but the only verdigris it will remove is stuff that is already loose, and that is...
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