A Dremel tool can do this without removing either the rim or the central part of the device. It can also be used to remove the reeded edge. Chris
With the introduction of the State Quarter program in 1999, third-party resellers sent bulk submissions to the grading services with the...
Ditto! Ditto! Ditto! Ditto! @Lisa228 It doesn't take much to move the coin metal around. So, you can find this sort of damage to letters and...
That COA did not come from the US Mint. It came from a third party reseller. Chris
A lot of collectors used to think that the highest grades came from Mint Sets. So, they would buy them to look for specimens to submit for...
Welcome to the neighborhood, Anna! Your images are too blurry when I zoom in on them. Do you have a copy stand or tripod to stabilize your...
….then you should like these. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] They look like bullets. Chris
If I recall correctly, you collect the Red Books. Right? How many do you have now? Chris
There were 10.7 billion 1982 pennies struck in Philly. How many pairs of dies do you think were used? If you don't believe me, look it up in the...
Well goody goody for you! You're selling coins and you don't even know what the hell you're doing. Chris
Please go back and edit your comment in Post #11. You placed your comment within my comment that you quoted. "Sorry that's never gonna happen...I...
Worse yet are the ones who find a severely mangled coin believing that it is a mint error. Chris Edited to add the word "coin".
Do you really think that the Mint would waste the time and money making a pair of dies and the retaining collars to make coins that look like...
For the last time!!!!! [ATTACH] Save this to your photo file. If you can't understand this, then you should stop looking for errors & varieties....
The camera has nothing to do with it. A shadow means nothing. There is nothing there! Finding minute differences in coins of the same...
No big deal. I do it all the time! Chris
Nope! I still don't see anything. Chris
It is bronze. I have both the silver and the bronze (no photo of the bronze) and both of mine are graded by NGC MS67. They were produced by...
I don't see anything. The first close-up is blurry. Chris
@Nick57 I'm with Larry. Send in the six and be sure to post your results with photos when you get them back, please. Chris
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