The man asked if there was something about the slabs that caused the toning. Side chat happens. If its not your cup of tea there are many methods...
There are over 9000 academic reports on various coin hoards found around the world. You can get on the academia.edu site and keep limiting your...
In my unbiased opinion there are two possibilities. Option One - You have an original off-metal strike. You can get a ball park estimate of the...
OP that is a beautiful example of a toned coin.
Don't ever count on the word of professional graders. Forever to them means down the road so far that you will not be suing them for damages. Ask...
In the past I've found empty wood cases for sale or free at coin shops. They remove the coins and have no use for the cases. Even if they don't...
I got the impression that he buys the cases and makes the sets from coins that he owns. If you can get the cases you too could make an infinite...
Sometimes we loan to people we know and they insist on giving us collateral. I have friends who would not accept a no interest loan no matter what...
That was a common practice in naval warfare. If a ship was surrendered intact the winner put their own crew aboard and used it to keep attacking...
It's been many years since I could be called a civil war buff. I just refreshed my memory. The USS Merrimack was scuttled to avoid capture. It was...
The two fought each other if I remember right. When they both appear on the same medal the north calls it monitor and the south calls it...
General advice for anyone who wants to know if something should be graded. Do a google search in the form "COIN VALUE - 1959 JEFFERSON NICKEL"....
Randy gave you good advice. Welcome to Coin Talk.
I spent 39 months stationed in Germany from 1974 to 1977. Wife number one was allowed to buy one Hummel per month plus also asked for better ones...
You have seen how delightful some of our members are. Please take this away from your exchange with them. Ignorance can be corrected with study....
There should be some French and English medals. One famous US civil war battle was fought in the channel and watched from both shores. Other...
Congratulations. The first step to finding error coins is to look for something different. To know what might be out there many books exist....
When I have a tiny coin or artifact I put it in a 1 1/2 x 1 1/2 flip. Since those don't travel well with 2x2 flips I usually slip these small ones...
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