CircCam - so what about the coin that started this thread, how did IT turn out ?
It's just another example of coins that should never have been slabbed among countless others. But it does kinda make ya wonder just how far...
It's plenty plain enough for me.
Partially. It is also the thickness of the outer layer of metal, combined with the process of application. It's kinda like the difference between...
Well, I was in the bazar one day buying a new pair of sandals and I got a mite back in change ........... :D
Very nice !
Now I want to post a picture of a coin that has been damaged. But this doesn't have anything to do with my previous post. This is more along the...
This is really the key to what Jason is saying. In numismatics the word damage has a specific meaning, and when it is used it is only used to...
I happened to think of something. You could try contacting Dariusz (the site owner) at www.goldducats.com - you can do that at his website. He...
Here's the thing with coins like this one. When the "material", whatever it is, is that thick and has obviously been there quite a while, there's...
Off the top of my head, if there is I don't see it. But yes it's an expensive coin, depending on what you call expensive of course. Based on...
And I think even that number is being generous, perhaps overly so, with how one defines a collector !
No. The best you can do for determining "when" a coin was slabbed is by indentifying the type of slab used. And all that does is to pin it down...
For the record, he didn't do anything wrong. It was other members who decided the cross the line - a line that they knew all too well was there....
Sounds similar. In fact, based on what I have just read it sounds like his book may have been inspired by Bronowski's book. But it also sounds...
Hmmm - could swear I've heard that before ? :)
Have already told you I don't know. But I do know what they should not call it !
Even though by their own published definition it isn't. And when they obviously use the term as nothing more than a marketing gimmick. Well,...
Look, I realize I'm not gonna change anybody's mind because you'll only believe what you WANT to believe. But when ya see stuff like that right in...
Lemme ask those who disagree with me something. What about this coin , is it a Specimen ? [IMG] According to the slab it is. But yet for...
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