Worked Wed night, Thursday morning made Au Gratin potatoes. Thursday afternoon family get together at my aunts, had a great meal. Thursday night...
The "sticky gunk" is almost certainly not PVC residue. What it is is old oxidized skin oils.
Considering California placer gold was valued somewhere between 15 and 16 dollars an oz I would expect the dollar to weigh about 1.9 grams with...
And he didn't intend for it to GRADE the large cents either, just establish the price. The grading had to be done BEFORE the Sheldon scale was...
Not when that cent was struck.
Also if it had been struck by the peace dollar dies, and then the WL half dies, there is no way the planchet would be able to fit into the dime...
It also helps to place it next to a coin with a "normal" color so the viewer can see the difference
Yes, grease filled die. Grease from the lubrication of the press and planchets has filled the 7 on the de so it didn't strike up on the coin....
Which is why some of us are trying to get away from the term PMD Post Mint(ing) Damage and instead are using PSD Post Strike Damage.
Seen them before,not real impressed. (Saw them at the show this past weekend as well.) Those two coins belong to the ANA museum. The Walton...
But the smelters/refiners need stock material for their operations and they have customers wanting 999 fine bars. That 90% stuff is available for...
There is some question as to whether the Fenton coin is actually the Farouk coin. At least one person who was at the Palace sale and who saw the...
I think it has eye appeal. I've seen other pieces in that grade that don't look nearly as nice. I've also seen MS coins that a lot of people ohh...
As the plating solution used to plate copper on the zinc gets old it becomes more and more contaminated with dissolved zinc. When this happens...
The silver stockpile came from purchases of silver the government made in the early 1930's. They were paying more than market and buying pretty...
Not seeing any pictures.
What awful looking coin? I think both half dollars in this thread look great and I wouldn't mind owning either of them. (Yes I like fake bust...
I could believe AU details. Obv looks better than XF to me.
I will be at the Michgan State show Friday afternoon and Saturday.
They may not be publicly owned,but they DO have shareholders.
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