Belated reply. Yep, paper mills are not the nicest smelling things, but the standard reply to that complaint is, "smells like money". Here's my...
That's an encouraging thought. Could be...
Getting something that's listed in the Colonial section of the Red Book from a junkbox for practically nothing is worth celebrating! I've found a...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] (6) USA Bicentennial quarters: five 1976-D plus an ANACS-certified MS65 1976-S. To enter this round of the...
The random number generator has proclaimed the winning number for Day 5 to be.... 368! [ATTACH] And Post #368 was by... @Kurisu!...
Time for the drawing...
I think Deller's would be worth a try.
Not only a bunch in your corner, but another envelope headed your way in the mail. ;)
People get up to all kinds of shenanigans with their coins! One never knows why! I remember when I worked in a jewelry store, decades ago, and...
Handsome coin. Nice surfaces. Aside from those few wispy hairlines around the date, it's nearly ideal for something in this grade range, I'd...
A manual snipe can be accomplished by manually entering your bid in the last second or two. I prefer letting the software do that automatically....
Ahhh... I see. Nowadays I reckon they'd have given it a details grade.
When I really want to "play for keeps" on an eBay auction, I've always used esnipe.com. Sniping software plus a strong bid is the best way to...
Boy, if that thing could talk, eh? Here is @Aethelred's namesake Aethelred II penny, which I owned for a few years, before it ended up back in...
Here's the nicest one I've owned. Wish I still had it. These old pix do it no justice. [IMG] [IMG] [IMG]
The old gash around Liberty's eye is unfortunate, but otherwise that's pretty decent looking for a lower grade circ example. No corrosion or...
As to the telltale signs of the cleaning, it's right there all over- the surfaces have a dull and overscrubbed appearance. Bust halves quite...
What details grade did PCGS give it- VF details, or XF details? Looks like strong VF details to me. A problem-free VF would be a $100-ish coin,...
Acid etched to remove the outer copper layer, perhaps?
I want those... for @AZSteve. Here's an exonumia piece that is ineligible for third-party certification (since it's an unpublished type), but I...
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