Thanks everyone! Can you recommend a site for researching European coins? Last week I was at a hole-in-the-wall arts & crafts (!) sale: [IMG]...
Grade and value? Would appreciate all comments & opinions. Thanks. [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] The copper/blue (!) toning is hard to capture in photos....
Is the one-year-only 1853 Half Dollar a key date? This was rescued from circulation by my Grandmother 70+ years ago: [IMG] [IMG] Regardless...
Look closely at your 1970-S pennies. You might have a rare Small Date: http://koinpro.tripod.com/Articles/1970S1cSmAndLgDtCompare.htm...
Got me thinking about Disneyland pressed coins: Maybe if they had clean blank planchets, the pressed coins might be higher quality? [IMG]...
Still undecided about slabbing (I've never done it before). And I really appreciate all your comments & help.
Here's an ebay listing that looks, um, mis-leading:...
Mine looks practically identical to those. So maybe I'm right, PF66 or PF67. But I guess NGC is strict about the Cameo designation. It's...
That means it's price isn't in the $100's, right? Then I guess it's not worth slabbing. No matter, I'll keep it. Bought it in the 80's for...
Compared with similar TPS-graded coins on ebay, to my slightly-experienced eye it looks like I've got a PF66 or PF67 Proof Cameo.
I've got some experience with coins as a vice. :) But if ya gotta have a vice, there are lots worse: The Most Common Vices For Men.
Large date, right? 1970-S Lincoln Cent [IMG] Same coin, different lighting & angle... [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] I'd also welcome grade & price opinions...
Ebay? Can't you ban that buyer from purchasing from you again?
Maybe it's a new grade: "Impaired Uncirculated" :)
Might get it for cheap? Bored with pretty MS65 coins? Too easy to find a pretty one? And sometimes ugly just makes me happy: [MEDIA]
Agreed, it's ugly. I understand "eye appeal" can vary for slabbed coins. Still, for that grade I was expecting something better. Like this:...
Something doesn't look right:...
"These coins do look and feel real..." [IMG] A 2-headed "Liberty Walking" for $10:...
Related thread: https://www.cointalk.com/threads/i-found-a-1944-steel-penny-is-it-real.207919/
Maybe I wasn't clear: The video shows how to create a thin layer of zinc on a copper penny. Then by heating, the zinc layer combines with copper....
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