two was stolen and my W uncirculated ASE, whatever year that was which is rare. Also $500 cash and all the kids savings bonds. Very ugly story....
Recognize this coins? [IMG]
BTW - that being said the responsible recommendation is to handle coins with cotton gloves. But if your going to clean it, it doesn't matter :)...
FWIW - I recklessly handle coins, even proofs, but the rims with bare hands, all the time. Nothing is worse than dropping the coin. Ruben
You can buy slabs.
That happens all the time to me, and to make it worse, I take hundreds of shots at a time making it impossible to know the settings on the shots I...
Railroad?
patients. The mint does OK
Really? Thanks. I think of most of them as quite common. Just one or two truly specially coins. This one was stolen by a family member. [IMG]
Harry - have you seen me post any new coins of late :) Ruben
OK Spock. Not having the coin in hand and not being a graphic artists I gave this a shot as a favor to you. I hope this is what you might like...
I'd end the Cent and redesign the Nickel. Ruben
IF they were smart they would retire the coin all together
Weak Strike and Eye appeal I found this post on "Weak Strike and Eye appeal" interesting and have nominated it accordingly for "CoinTalk Thread...
The kind of work we are talking about would have been done in the 1920's to the 1950's and was as prevalent then among copper fans as steroids...
Open Office Calc actually has a database backend engine which I once hooked up to MYSQL. There was a lot of problems with it though and it ended...
When you down;oad the image from your camera, open it up with the GIMP and then SAVE AS, and change the .jpg with .png and your finished. Prior...
NICE WORK Rick! Thanks Jim M
http://www.mrbrklyn.com/coins/morgan_reverse_1878_P_v2.png this is the reverse of my 1878 and it seems to have similar darkness so perhaps I'm...
I own 2 1878 Morgans and the breasts aren't flat but they are of a different design. This is not an issue of flatness, in any event [IMG] I...
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