That guy has been on the 20 foot pole list for a long time. :eek:
I've been going through the copy of Vol. 2 of the Standard Catalog of World Coins just borrowed from my public library, and I can't find any...
Wear generallly occurs on the high spots, so that pattern is not what you would expect from a coin that noticeably tapers toward the edges. The...
[img] to CoinTalk Forrest. To a numismatist that medallilon is worth the bullion value of its gold content +/- ~10%. The damage caused by...
Probably not as corrosion is generally not an airborne problem.[img] However, under no circumstances should you ever leave a coin showing signs...
Three words: P V C Very often before the stuff turns green, there will be a sticky residue. Probably just very ignorant. A quick rinse in pure...
I can't speak about Spanish coins, but the most typical weight for the phony Asian silver crowns (primarily Japanese Yen and Japanese, British and...
[img] Just about the only comment in the whole thread that everyone can agree on. [img]
How much does it weigh? It's worth $280 +/- 10% per troy ounce, it's bullion value. What you have is a privately produced medal/token of...
15 years of being used in vending machines will do that to a coin. :rolleyes:
Film photos can be edited too - it's just more complicated and requires more skill and experience than using Photoshop. :rolleyes:
[img] to CoinTalk Adam. Those ridges are called "reeding". I don't know enough about Canadian coins to tell you whether their quarters are...
Normally I would say you were wrong, because if you really want value estimates, you have to show the coins. However, after reading your...
No reason to do that. Remember, we're coin collectors first and moderators second. When we find a thread that interests us as collectors, we...
You're trying to compare apples and kiwi fruit. Heritage and Teletrade, along with many other reputable dealers, are professional coin dealers...
Looks to me as if it got dropped in the garbage disposal. [img]
The 19th Century silver 8 reales, as well as the 19th and early 20th Century silver peso and 2 peso coins with the eagle/snake obverse and the...
In other words, if I buy at the peak of a cycle, when prices take a dip (as they inevitably willl) I can get my original price refunded?...
Good point. That was poor word choice on my part.
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