Better yet, isn't something you could do in your garage.
Same with anything; stocks, cryptos, Cap'n Crunch, etc. It is always a buyers' market.
The Maine Commemorative Half Dollar has a moose on it, a ruminant.
Anything up until the 1960s can have polish lines. Are the lines raised?
It is just a little lens that clips on to your phone. No stand.
Well done. Knowledge is power. You even showed him the coin. Guilt should be the last thing you should feel. You studied, worked, and were...
My wife bought me one that isn't from Lighthouse. It is amazingly effective - I just forget to put it on my phone and use a camera instead. I...
There is a 1943 Doubled Die war nickel showing a doubled eye. The photo is at an angle, and it looks like bag marks.
Probably said "Circulation strike", not "circulated". Circulation or Business strikes are coins made to circulate in every-day transactions, as...
A grade of 68+ is MS.
Gradeflation has always been an issue. And for super high-end coins, they will bump the grade up just to get it in their holder. I saw one of...
I think it helps those that don't know much about grading to have a bit of security that something is a good example of the grade displayed on the...
Now you know why CAC came into existence.
I think it's a 1931-S. Have to see it in hand to determine if dipped. Not a bad looking coin.
I toned it, then put it in my brass tumbler with walnut shells.
Not a proof. Proofs would have sharp, squared-off edges.
You can grade it for free. It's the slabbing that costs money.
I believe they are clouds.
Either purchase a Red Book online, or go to your local library and check out a copy. It will have images to help you learn grading, as well as...
"Double Die" is an incorrect term. The correct term is "Doubled Die". People that say double die are usually newbies, although some of the...
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