I would say post mint damage, i.e. someone beat this quarter up.
I go to the drug store and buy a denture brush. These are harder bristles than normal and more of them than a regular toothbrush. This is usually...
If you want to clean these, I usually just dry clean, (hard plastic bristle brush), first, to see if I like the look. For cash coins, I usually do...
I am getting to the point any kind of rare 20th century US coin I would want certified before I buy, especially on ebay. Heck, even goofy crap I...
Post mint damage. If it left the mint that way, the wear on the coin would have been different. Looks like the nickel was abused well after it...
Well, you know, there are some hoarders out there who just like to own a lot of coins...
I agree 100%. One of those coins your eye immediately flags, then when you compare closely your mind catches up with what your eyes already told you.
I wish I had a favorite local dealer like that. I usually have to go around to all the tables bothering the nice men if they happen to have any...
Not a fan of that "patina" on the Mon. I can't tell about the caligraphy much because of it, but Japanese usually had excellent workmanship. If...
Yes, you should. I wish I would have buckled down more and bought nice, high grade coins back when they were cheap. High grade coins tend to...
Me either. At our last ancient coin club meeting, our one member who would have coins you and Joe would drool over, and operate in the same market...
I agree with JA said in his posts. Myself, I do not think wear was a factor. In modern coins, the coin has to get down to VG to have any noticable...
Good answers to your posts OP. I agree with them as well. Another factor to ackowledge is simply randomness. I see it many times. One time two...
Doug, you are giving this credit to Charles. What about his Merovingian forebearers? Why are these leaders overlooked? I find this fascination...
There is a rumor that a hoard of about 400,000 ancient Jewish coins was found about a decade ago, and the US dealer who bought most of it. In...
Some of Europe. I think the Portugese, Spanish, Southern Italians, English, and some others might object to such a characterization. I like...
I agree. I bought a hoard through G&M, (small one), of Byzantines obviously deposited at the same time. The Maurice Tiberius' stopped at year 8,...
I am not understanding your question sir. Are you saying you can buy coins from a hoard, and asking from that hoard which coins to buy? Pretty...
With silver being down, I don't see how selling in a lower market to take advantage of gold in a lower market is advantageous. Even though I am...
So you are saying the metal missing from above got scraped off, and folded back below? If so, there should be evidence on the coin of this under...
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