That's the best picture I've seen to show the light wear on a buffalo nickle reverse . rzage
How to grade a Buffalo I found this post on "How to grade a Buffalo" interesting and have nominated it accordingly for "Coin Talk Thread of the...
The picture starts out nice and big then when it's finished loading gets too small to look at the high spots , still a nice looking coin , did you...
Just went back and read my post , I don't even know what I wrote . No wonder I flunked English . rzage
No problem Cheryl , I flunked English so many times ,:eek: it's hard to write what I mean .:whistle: rzage:):hatch::hammer:
It looked MS to me until GD pointed out the ares with the little color breaks , now it's a AU-64 , that mythical grade . rzage
I thought on most NT coins the color is part of the surface and where say the letters or date are , the toning doesn't blanket or go over the...
I meant the MM on the die :headbang:, if it chips and some pieces fall , out when minting a coin the MM on the coin will be higher due to the...
stainless buy it , if you don't want it I'd buy it , beautiful toning , I'd say MS-64 , even if there is slight wear it's worth $15 . rzage
I think maybe a crack in the MM , and when the MM develops a crack so chips fall out making the deeper . JMO rzage
But the ones you use don't need electricity from an outlet , right ? It would be hard plugging one in in a safe . rzage:kewl:
I do a little oil painting , though stopped awhile back , would love to see some of you paintings , I'd love to try water colors but have too much...
Thanks , it looked pretty good on the 1st picture , but you can really see the tool marks on the enlarged picture . rzage:)
Le , I think I know why you like that twenty . Great toning . But that '66 looks AT to my untrained eyes , can you explain why it's NT vrs. AT ....
Just noticed you put your other picture back in your signature , what happened to that other guy with the hat |? Or is he off to do a hit for the...
Great book alright , but I wouldn't listen to the part on cleaning coins were it says to make a paste of baking soda and water :headbang:, it...
Sounds like a good idea if you have a place to put the chord , me I'd rather use the sillica gel you can recharge in the oven , no chords no...
snaz , my list of Vams for 1886-P only numbers 13 :headbang:, it's a 2nd edition , guess it's time for a new copy . What book are you using , if...
I guess that could work but it must be awfully hard , one good book is "The Comprehensive Catalogue ans Encyclopedia of U.S. Morgan and Peace...
Depends on the Vam , yours could be anything from die chips in the 6 , closed 6 , doubled 18 and the list goes on , I don't collect VAMS so I...
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