Since this method does not require acid, I feel that it is a viable choice to reveal the date on a dateless silver coin. Drop the coin off off...
I for one am in total agreement with TomB's assessment of this coin. I would have written the same words explaining why this particular coin...
With 40,000,000 minted, the market for these will eventually collapse, just like every other flash in the pan. Get some early and scalp them quick.
Is the one your looking at already in plastic? If so, who's? Grade? Does it specify PR or SATIN? Caution: Much of your final offer...
That is a awesome PDF file, first time I see this complied as such. Thanks for sharing.
The blanks? (if so, before or after upsetting?)
This is true about the satin vs. brilliant. The Philadelphia Mint quit making proof coinage in 1916 and by 1936, the Mint actually lost the...
I have seen both the Type I Satin and the Type II Brilliant Finish in TPG holders but it was at different times so there was no way to compare...
The obverse of the 2000-D looks like it had a application of lacquer. That must look pretty good in-hand. Thanks for sharing.
I have seen this type of confusion on War Nickels before, maybe not this dramatic, but due to a improper alloy mix, streaks of copper at the...
If your going to be the professor, I'd like a transfer out of this class then....if I'm going to be taught something, I want to graduate with...
Good deal, take your time and don't rush the process, it took years to lay down the corrosion, it may take a bit of time to remove it. When I...
Thank you Sir for your kind reply....I have looked at many of your coins and find that you do indeed have an eye for NT coinage. Takes some time...
Well, I never did state that I thought it was AT, I stated that I have never seen one in that particular color, which should by my accounts raise...
Seems like your nobody here until you've posted to this thread.....so here's mine. Now I can be recognized. ~waving~ YooHoo
Very old once circulated coins like these sometimes accumulated oils, dirt, grime that conglomerated in the worst numismatically places possible...
I've seen a lot of Peace Dollars and have never ever seen a "soft neon" blue before.
You bought a raw uncirculated "War Nickel" for I assume a few dollars and I do not find the minute die chip to be a problem, I would be more...
Was George's BWI crossing the Delaware? No wonder he was standing up and not getting cold, he was pickled!
One that you previously emptied of chocolates? I have a 1888 IHC that is just about slick, it came out of a steel bank that my Uncle gave me 40...
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