Nice word use "Hermitage", rare to see it used.
When they were hot and buzzing yeah prices were up. 16 years later it's hardly even mentioned anymore anywhere so interest has fallen off....
Holy moly I think I'm rich! If they like that wait til the see this! [ATTACH]
You been here longer than I have and know clearly more than I do about coins, I'm by no means a professional or authority on any of the subjects I...
It occurred on the bronze cents. 95% copper, 5% tin and zinc more commonly. 1864-1942 yes even Indian head cents. 1947-1962 Didn't happen on the...
I think it was in a bezel, and I think it was Bronzed or antiqued.
I'm personally not a fan of dealer seconds and pass around coins either that have already been picked through and prefer to roll the dice buying...
Pictures or it didn't happen. I think it's mostly which side gets the hammer die and which side gets the anvil die, and your possible dislike of...
I store my binders flat also, and because of what you mentioned, the weight of the coins makes it slide around and fall over anyways if stood on...
I hear good things about a camel hair jewelers brush for copper coins.... but if that's the case wouldn't a Q-tip produce a similar result as long...
yes, I'd have to agree the die was wearing out and near the end of it's life on both of those strikes.
rosethe, sure. "woodie" is a term for lincoln cents with improper alloy mixing for bronze cents. The Bronze was 95% copper, 5% tin and zinc and...
A "woodie' is ALWAYS an improperly mixed alloy that tones at different rates. A "faked woodie" has been treated to appear to tone at different...
It should ahve at the bottom of the text box when typing a response "Post reply" "upload a file" and "more options..." Upload a file or more...
For my world coins I opted for vinyl coin pages for a 3 ring binder each page holds 20 coins. However, the binder get's bigger and bigger and...
well I don't know if anyone has tried it or their results, but consensus here seems to be it would be ok and not damage the coin, However some...
I won't say there wasn't any malicious intent at all but I will say it's not proven to have been. 180 degree rotation happens by accident in the...
It's a zincoln though so now that the copper plating been perforated around the edge unless they are found and saved they will just be coins with...
Bette, it doesn't even matter. Best case scenario your coin is MS65 or lower in which case is $16 or less. anything less than MintState and "Red"...
the guardhouse ones are good and line up pretty well and more importantly, are pre-cut at the fold correctly so they do fold right and line up...
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