Proof coins are not manufactured the same as business strikes Doug.
It's not World War Three John! [ATTACH] More like a spirited discussion where information is being exchanged. I'm trying to get a hold of a...
What I "see" in the video, is a rotating drum with thousands of coins stacked on top of each other in a softened state, making contact with each...
truth be told, I'd always heard of annealing ovens and annealing drums but after Dougs post, looked it up in the Error Coins Encyclopedia. Sure...
I'm gonna disagree with you Doug. Annealing "may" have occured with trays in the old days but certainly not during todays mass production of...
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Hmmm. The Reverse proofs were always "P" coins so maybe something as simple as a 2013-W Proof and a 2013-W Burnished in a $75 package?
Coin weights are good indicators that something is up but its figuring out what that "something" is, is the challenge. I have a 1973-S 40%...
I've tried this with no luck at all as the wives at coin shows are usually accompanied by their husbands, but then, you never know. Maybe he'd get...
A heavy CnClad IKE is not that uncommon and 23.02 grams is well within tolerance. A 40% Silver coin would be closer to 24.5 +- grams in weight....
I do not see anything which would indicate an "error" coin.
File a Not as Described dispute and sent it back. PayPal should refund you your purchase price which would include the shipping. Be sure to...
Cool post in that it shows how the mintmarks float around!
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You must be referring to the photo of the "security seal" since the photo's of all the Barber Rolls that I see are completely different coins.
Shoot these from straight on instead of at an angle. angles hide stuff.
I'd grade it MS64.
Gosh. Do you suppose that this "verdigris" which developed and leached into the plastic also develops within a PCGS Slab and then leaches into the...
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