That's some pretty serious machining. The reverse reminds me of 1884-CC VAM-10. The coin wouldn't get past a VAMmer who did appropriate due...
"Fairly common" is a pretty accurate way to describe it. The point at which they add value is when edge lettering starts to be infringed.
OK; didn't know if you were aware. This being the case - if I'm right, and I think I am - the color difference is actual metal (perhaps with a bit...
You realize there are Buffalo woodies, right? You're looking at one.
Oh, hell, I forgot coffee. I'd rather die than live without coffee. :D
I consider a deliberate removal from the property more likely than it getting through the filters in place to eliminate radically defective minted...
Who could possibly think that saving money is relevant to surviving a societal collapse? Food. Ammunition. Firearms. Tools. Books. Medicine. Save...
And more is being repatriated every day. Y'know, the points made in this thread indicate that the Mint really ought to seize that PCGS Nail in a...
I dunno about "polished;" that could well just be an artifact of your lighting. Coins are harder to photograph accurately than they might seem,...
I dunno, is it all silver sulfide for sure? I'm not positive based on those images. The only "partial" dippings I've ever done ended up looking...
I think Paypal (if we consider them a separate management team completely; don't know if they were) is seeing that Ebay has - through their...
As someone who takes great interest in clashes and other Mint anomalies of that nature, I'm not paying a cent in premium over grade for all but...
I have to disagree; one of the few absolute rules of dipping (in my opinion) is that a coin this worn is never a candidate.
I do not wish to seem disrespectful to a new member here, but I do not see this coin reaching above EF by the standard which a British collector...
Being familiar with photography, there was never any question in my mind about whether the feature was raised or not. The lighting play proves it.
They know if they don't play it that way, eBay will disappear. The only thing keeping them from corporate liability for every little thing that...
What happens when you've removed the dark patch? Answer: a light patch because the underlying surface hasn't patina'ed at the same rate as the...
Do end-roll coins tone on both faces?
Yes, but we're positing this as a clash, not a strikethrough; the latter won't end in a positive on the coin. It had to be hammered into the die....
You're not making friends quickly this way. In fact, you just became the shortest-tenured member ever to appear on my Ignore list; you made it in...
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