I like the P mint obverse.
There is an Error Forum here specifically for these sorts of things. I see no errors on this coin.
When you get to the AU-50 grade, the luster is generally going to only be found in the protected areas. This particular coin appears to have...
I know that hobbyists still use this mercury technique. My dad likes to go panning for gold in upstate Carolina, and uses mercury to do exactly...
Where do you see cleaning on this coin? I don't see any cleaning. I see some die polish (mint made) and I see a small disturbance in the toning,...
Ever fall off your bike and scrape your shoulder? The same thing happened to this coin. Not an error.
Yes, that recent thread was one of the prompts for me to start doing this. There were a couple of discussions over on the NGC boards of a similar...
Of course I realize he's a troll. That should be obvious from my posts, haha.
I can't really get a good feel for the mirrors in your pictures, so I can't comment on your coin. I will say, however, that if the coin is...
There is no requirement for the devices to have cameo for PL. It is based solely on the reflectivity of the fields. This is a common misconception.
Oh, gotcha, for the cameos. Yes, they used to do that. Now they are laser etched.
Oh, and I went to Egypt in high school and we took a bus and went past Farouk's palace and I thought it was cool and I wanted to own his coins but...
Mercury is an element, just like Uranium, Gold, and Hydrogen. Each has their own peculiar dangers and should be handled by people who know what...
I don't know much about California but I live in South Carolina so Bechtler coins have always been interesting to me but they are rare and hard to...
The *what* now??!?
Wow. I've never seen an entire website built around a single date and mintmark like that. That is an incredibly deep dive into a single date....
I understand what you are asking now. The basic idea is, even a "frosty" copper coin will still be red colored. It isn't going to be white....
I'm not sure what you are asking? A silver coin could have super frosty white surfaces. The reverse of your cent has frost reddish surfaces...
I do hope you stick around! There is a World Coins forum here, with a whole bunch of really smart folks. If you post pictures there, I'll bet...
Cool stuff. I don't know anything about the Japanese coins, so I can't really comment on them. That 25 schilling has some nice toning, but that...
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