Looks like corrosion. Zinc rots quickly in the right (wrong) conditions.
I would be too worried I would hairline the mirrored surfaces of a proof coin pushing them into the holes - destroying a lot of the collector...
You found it, or the picture in a magazine?
It's a hub.
Which is it, 1935 or 1936?
Uh huh. Uh huh...
Anything on the strip would be a tourist trap with over-priced items. There may be a pawn shop somewhere on the strip, but that would again be...
Not really mis-cut as much as mis-printed. The alignment of the paper during the printing process is what caused the error, not the cutting....
I guess we now know why the lowball bid was successful.
Why would this coin be resubmitted? Not a big enough price difference in any of the unc. grades this coin would fall into to make the submission...
For gold, I exclusively buy fractional government issues outside of U.S. coins. I like gold sovereigns, LMU 10 and 20 unit pieces like French and...
Any of the big bullion dealers online, like JM Bullion, Apmex, Provident Metals. Do some comparison shopping. Then you can compare pricing on...
If you like things with varying designs every year, the Australian Kookaburra is a good choice - much more interesting than Silver Eagles. You...
Or at least NFLD.
If you like metals, and want something older, $20 Gold St Gaudens and Liberties in AU to MS63 are a great buy. Not much above melt value, they...
Looks like a job for Methylene chloride!
Except that this was colorized officially by the mint.
The cap is the coin. It is painted/enameled on the convex side looking like a bottle cap. I think it is one ounce of .999 fine silver.
Good eye. They were either able to polish out the eagle on the Philly Mint bldg side, or couldn't polish it out and put a fresh die in. With...
The delay in a response and pictures makes me think that someone thinks it is early April.
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