No. I work 1 day a week in a local coin shop, Saturday. @IBetASilverDollar stopped in the shop today. I was helping him with his purchase and, as...
It was a pleasure to meet you. I hope you stop in more often.
I thought the gist was to have fun and share the gift of numismatics. I have participated in this exchange every year except last year since we...
No, I mean common courtesy as in referring to someone as they would like you to, not as what fits neatly in a box. I once had a mentor who...
It's always been wrong, Ken. Common courtesy is finally catching up to common sense.
I think that there are many here who would argue that statement.
Great idea! IMHO it might make a better forum than series of threads
Nowhere near works with nukes!
They use the term NOT <insert phrase here> because it affects the search results and makes it appear will all of the coins that are ACTUALLY...
Finn, why would you want a triplet of more than 10x magnification? coin grading is done at 5x
Broker... LOL Is that what he does, or how you end up?
that's a low relief coin
I bought 10 to put aside and give away.
I would defer to the in hand opinion. The coin has luster that’s so good, to me it looks “too good to be true”. Logic dictates that the coin is...
I think that the coin looks dipped. Proper dipping would mean that the end result appears original. The details grade (IMHO) was necessary due to...
To me (at least) the coin looks like it was very recently dipped, hence the details grade. I will add that in my op I stated that the grade was my...
I would grade coin #1 as AU-58 and coin #2 as MS details. Given you’re putting the coin in a Dansco, I would prefer #2 for that job
I disagree. Although I am enjoying your reviews, I am having trouble finding any value in them. In fact, I think that your write-ups are lending...
What makes you think that the coin is a proof strike? I see no indication that this would be the case.
That’s coca leaves. Coca is the plant that cocaine is derived from. Cocoa gives us chocolate. Two entirely different plants.
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