I'd rather see our legislators go home and leave me alone and let me get what I need for myself.
You realize that the US Mint fabricated all the collectibles, right? ;)
MS-65+* FBL. One of my favorite coins I've ever bought. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
This is a dumb idea, but I'm sure people would eat it up.
Photographing this type of coin without a proper setup is incredibly difficult. Certain lighting situations, such as natural light on a cloudy...
Hoo, boy, that is an understatement. Just you come to the Paris of the South, I'll show you what we have here. BBQ? Shrimp? Grits? Shrimp and...
Nah, man. The OP is significantly underlit. It shows "the coin", but not nearly enough to really see the coin. For grading, the second pics are...
Sheesh, the lighting in these pics makes it impossible to give a confident grade. I'll guess somewhere between 65 and 67, and probably CAM....
For the record, I'm not opposed to scientific research. I think that's the best way to figure out what the AT'ers are doing. As a chemist, you are...
Maybe? Maybe not? Depends on what you did to the coins. You could dip them and remove the toning, you could make a mark on them, you could...
Coins can be removed from flips. The coin itself must be marked or destroyed.
I don't want you to delete the thread. There's nothing wrong with the thread. There is some good information here. I want you to permanently mark...
Riding a bike and learning to drive are completely acceptable pursuits of time in common society. That's not a good analogy. Making a batch of...
Mark them somehow on the actual coin. Clearly indicate that they are AT. They might be your amusement now, but if they pass to some unsuspecting...
You made these? Why? I hope you plan on destroying them. You're verging on dangerous territory, here.
While you make some great points, the Great Silver Melt largely took place before TPG certification was commonplace. In the intervening years,...
Read it closely. He doesn't post here. He does post there.
There are several ways those colors could be generated - and all of them are artificial. These are disgusting and ridiculously cartoonish. They...
Looks like a crack to me. Die cracks are uncommon but not unknown on proofs.
No, this coin would not receive a DCAM grade. Toning does not affect the designation, but breaks in the cameo do. It appears that there is a shiny...
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