Exactly. Once they can find a suitable replacement, it will not be used as much. Works better than acetone on pvc though. It's good to be a...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] Here is a picture and a scan of an 1883 Morgan Dollar I purchased at a local coin show last Saturday. I have never seen one so...
It may be worthwhile to have NCS get the green off. I would do it myself to my coin and save some money, but if you don't know how to do it, pay a...
The 1909-S Indian is the lowest mintage small cent, but not the most valuable. Rarer than the 1909-S VDB Lincoln.
Nope. Just a circulation strike.
I just checked on your Italian A.800 silver and it says it is plated. Check the link I posted. I would have thought it would be 80% silver too....
When my dad was at Ft. Dix training for Korea, he had my grandma in Utah send him all of the silver dollars he could afford. He could sell them...
It's proof fool.
The D is on the reverse to the left of the eagle's right leg.
Dichloromethane on a Q-tip rolled over the coin. Repeat until the Q-tip stops turning green.
Unfortunately, it looks like the only collectors who are in the hobby for the education and love of it are the collectors of Ancients. The others...
Looks like a metal detector find. Lost not too long after it left the Philadelphia Mint.
I know ANACS will if NGC doesn't.
If you want to put a coin in a Dansco book, put your hand in a sandwich bag and push down on the rims that way. It won't put finger prints on the...
Sarcasm, or ignorance. I guess that's a way to save face.
AU for both. Probably 58 due to the luster. Just a hint of wear.
That's not how doubled-die coins are created.
I didn't thing anything could top some sellers on ebay or HSN, but Carlos on Etsy takes the cake... and sells it by the slice.
Great coin. I am putting together a set of coins of the Bonapartes in silver crowns, and have had a descent Au 20 Francs of Napoleon, but this is...
I've never heard the term, "Nappy Threes" before, but is a great slang term. I'm sure they circulated here before 1857, and probably for a while...
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