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Didn't mean to confuse anyone with my posts. I was commenting on the iconography on the OP's medal, and showing additional pieces with the same...
It's possible. I've never tried using a vice; I've just gotten really good at the hammer technique. I'd like to see some shots of the case like...
You're thinking of the Austrian ducat (Franz Joseph). They were struck through 1914, and restrikes used the date 1915 effectively as a restrike mark.
Are they? Here's one I just cracked out using my technique with a 16oz ball-pein hammer. I can snap the case back together cleanly. [ATTACH]...
Here's a Franz Joseph death pin I acquired for my collection: zinc alloy, 23mm with a 41mm steel pin. Franz Joseph was an extremely popular...
There is very little risk if you crack it out correctly. I find what works best is a ball-pein hammer. On each long side of the slab on the edge...
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You'll never know all the variables at play for a particular sale. For example, a collector with a coin outside of their area of specialty isn't...
A complicated question. It depends on what gen slab for each TPG you're talking about and also what denomination coin.
The obverse depicts Hercules fighting the Hydra. This was common iconography to represent Austria (Hercules) and Bosnia and Herzegovina (Hydra)...
You should be able to get a raw BU example of the Columbian Expo half dollar fairly cheaply as well, especially an 1893. It's important to note...
That is my suspicion as well. Copper either reacts to acetone or it doesn't! I've used it on so many copper coins at this point, with such a...
I think you'll need to ask PMG as to their policy. There isn't anything fundamentally stopping them from grading it unless it is their policy (or...
Many here and elsewhere seem to hold the belief that acetone can have an effect on the color of copper. I've also read that the apparent change in...
I think it might be reale. 8, in fact.
Though in some instances I'm certainly bidding on crowns, I meant more that I mirror Zohar in trying to acquire the finest examples of rare pieces...
Not always. The discovery of a hoard with a lot of a key date coin can dramatically lower the value of the previously known examples, as has...
Ok but, take the Key Dates and Rarities Index since 1970. The trend is very clear over the long run. Key dates and rarities are strong performers...
Up to you. Some of the issues in the 7070 are quite expensive in MS grades. You can buy a slip case for the 7070 that will help keep coins from...
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