Have you got pics? Would love to see 'em. Cal
Both toning and wear are post-mint changes. With enough care, time and expertise, both can be created intentionally so as to be...
Here ya go: https://coinweek.com/recent-articles-video/numismatic-time-capsule-examining-a-hoard-of-thousands-of-silver-dollars/
Coverage by ESylum newsletter is much more than books and publications. It typically has articles on all aspects of numismatics. A really...
If the goal of NGC in limiting speed of access to their verification database is to limit production of counterfeit slabs, it's probably futile....
I should have been clearer. By high speed, I meant a press that automates planchet feeding as opposed to a manual-fed press, like a screw press...
True. But if the coiners are reasonably sober and careful, seems like a planchet misfeed is less likely with a slow, manual press. But who knows...
Clash marks make me think the counterfeiters had a high-speed coining press or were very careless. Fakes of Bailly pattern dollars have appeared...
See link below. Pretty sure it's fake, but what's with the extra raised areas on the obverse? Looks like die clashing. Is it? Cal Link:...
Nice plain five variety! Cal
Nice fancy five variety! Cal
Au is the chemical abbreviation for gold. Sometimes written AU. Latin for gold is aurum. In old Latin, U was often written as V; hence, AV...
Kinda makes ya long for the good ole days! :yack: Cal
I believe Doug (@GDJMSP), one of the moderators, said that the average age of a cointalk member is under 30. Sounds like a youth movement to me....
If you're going to Long Beach next week and would like to meet, PM me. I'll be there Thu and Fri. Cal
By "significant heat", I'm assuming you mean deliberately applied heat? Cal
Posting pictures of coins online, and that includes Coin Talk as well as grading service registries, can make personal information you'd rather...
Appears to have the "crusty" toning that old-gold aficionados love. See Doug Winter's website: raregoldcoins.com . It's just a matter of...
Chances are your tap water has fairly low mineral content (say, compared to sea water), so its density is close to distilled water. I'd use...
They partially cancel and partially add. The error of each measurement consists of a fixed part and a random part. The fixed parts will cancel;...
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