I was expecting to see ancients when I opened this thread. Anything from Israel's recent history (like, the past several hundred years) would have...
Unstruck areas of a coin are incredibly easy to distinguish from struck areas. They will have pitting, and marks, similar in appearance to a...
Interesting, and the NCS writeup lends it some credibility. I still wouldn't buy the coin, though. Maybe as a curio for historic value, but I...
Kanga, what he is trying to say is that for this determination, you have to examine the luster. How the luster flows over the high points will...
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Unfortunately, based on those pics, I am rather negative about this coin. Auction companies can fabricate a story about a hoard and many buyers...
If you're talking to me, they already are - the 50 centimes is ANACS 64RB, the 1 franc is NGC 63BN.
Just bought these two gorgeous beauties from Teletrade. The first is a gorgeous RB 50 centimes, graded MS-64RB by old Anacs. The obverse is mostly...
Now that Thread of the Week is fixed and working again, everyone please feel free to nominate me ;)
Going from the provided pictures, I would call this a 65. As GDJMSP indicates, the luster is what will really determine the grade on this one....
Yes, they are die polish lines. Someone at the mint took a brush and polished the die before the coin was struck.
Thanks y'all. Glad ya like it!
Discussion of prooflike Franklin's just posted here: http://www.cointalk.com/t74503/
The Prooflike Franklin Forget what you’ve heard of the rarity of the 1953S with Full Bell Lines. Forget what you’ve heard of the scarcity of...
Because its blatantly AT and ugly as heck.
Nice 1950! I got mine in 2005 for $100, and you can see it in my registry set below. Yours appears nice, bright, lusterous, and attractive.
I recently purchased the second one because it was such a perfect match to the first. Only when it came did I discover that they were sequential...
When I was a kid, my aunt spent several years as the personal stewardess to some Indian Guru Maharaja or something. This guy went all over the...
Oh, and welcome to the forum!
The books I read when I was starting are incredibly useful: Coin Collecting for Dummies (has a lot of the basics) along with The Coin Collectors...
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