Word of warning, die hard Saint collectors consider these coins absolutely AT and are very vocal about it. I personally don't care since I paid a...
Oh. The people featured in the book are all politicians, military officials, poets, writers, and other famous people.
Who?:confused:
I just picked up a great book from the recent Heritage rare book sale. I bought it for the engravings, but the reading seems interesting as well....
It is never a bad idea to practice something that might be useful in the future. My current profession is not the most stable.
Not that I ever need a reason to post this coin, but here is a wonderful toned Saint Guadens. I have posted the Anaconda coin for comparison....
That may be true, but Bowers does not control the grading standards at NGC. They are very consistent in the fact that they routinely ignore...
Many an artificially toned coin have been created in an oven. Some inside a baked potato. The first photo I posted was taken with a point and...
Is he the person who posted in that thread?
All coins tone, including gold coins. But I am not sure I would call what exists on that Kennedy toning. That thing looks like it has been in...
No, I started out just collecting anything rainbow toned. I moved into rainbow Morgans, then onto a rainbow type set, and have landed collecting...
I absolutely love your posts Jim. That is as cool as the other side of the pillow and manganese rocks.:thumb:
I will honestly answer, I don't know. I have seen 90% silver 10% copper tone, but not like that. I have seen 75% silver 25% copper tone, but not...
I paid $61 for this one which is only $17 over wholesale. It is a dramatic toning pattern, but one that is not appreciated by all collectors....
While some may actually find this coin attractive, I know others will not and I submit this coin as the highest graded in this thread. [IMG]...
Here is a quote from Q David Bowers, A GUIDE BOOK OF BUFFALO AND JEFFERSON NICKELS "Many mint state coins are around, but most have poor eye...
The World War II composition of the Jefferson Nickel is 56% copper, 35% silver, and 9% manganese. This alloy has produced some incredibly toned...
Yeah, I just bumped the thread because I realized there was a post that I did not respond to after re-reading it.
I don't know how I missed this post. Anyway, those are not bag marks you are seeing. They are remnant planchet flaws that are usually forgiven...
Martin, First, sorry about the name mixup, don't know why I thought that. Did you happen to see the recent thread on the TCCS forum about the...
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