Nice stuff, great pickup for the price. The 07-S Peso needs some TLC, and the 45-D 20c looks like the high grade coin of the bunch.
EBay doesn't allow replicas, copy stamp or not. These will not have a copy stamp on them when delivered.
The contracts they sign with the convention center will dictate how much floor space there is, and therefore the size of the bourse, and I think...
Somehow, they'd have to convince people from northern states that going to Florida in July is a good idea. That's a tall order, compared with...
Bummer, but I was probably going to sit this one out, anyway. The Society of Silver Dollar Collectors always holds its annual VAM Thing on Friday...
Looking at the first picture, without axial lighting, it looks like all you have is a single light positioned at a fairly low angle around 6:00....
My V75 ASE with expedited shipping took about 2 weeks to show up. I don't know what to tell you other than that you're not alone.
It's a replica of a Virginia Halfpenny.
How young is a key question that needs answering. My recommendation is a handful of mixed foreign stuff with a few old US coins thrown in. Then...
This is one reason you will never see me post a color photomicrograph (other than to illustrate why I don't post color photomicrographs). The...
That's a strong clash. VAM 41C. Still worth nowhere near what it seems to have sold for.
"Closer" is a strange term to apply, since it implies that you know what the true color is. If you have a daylight-balanced light source, your...
I looked up exactly what DampRid is, and on their web page, they say, "When DampRid’s all-natural crystals are exposed to air, they absorb excess...
I like this look. Experiment with placement of reflectors until you get the look you want. In general, high contrast surfaces (brilliant proofs)...
The purple fringe might be a longitudinal chromatic aberration that causes very high contrast bits that aren't perfectly in focus to show...
Salzburg 1669 1/4 Thaler [IMG]
Hildesheim 1601 1/24 Thaler [IMG]
Indeed. I've found some neat stuff this way. You have to do some due diligence regarding buyers fees, shipping fees, and currency conversions...
Registry game.
I'm referring to the NGC fangs holding the coin.
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