At least you can arrest further decline, although it might involve using acetone as if it were free. :) Only the 1921 is within my competence;...
I would cheerfully concede right of publication should you wish. It's the least I can do in return. :) I've no idea whether this particular die...
I do not, personally. They're out of scope for me. Nor do I know of the existence of an example which is plainly an Impaired Proof (although such...
Machine doubling, by definition evidenced by practice, cannot separate serifs. If you see split serifs, it's on the die.
But wait, there's more! [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Doubling seems to abound in this series. I love it. :) [ATTACH]
I do. The only lenses I own are coin imaging lenses.
Oh, now you're just being cruel to the poor guy. :) Something you're not missing, OP, is that it can in fact become pretty darn difficult to tell...
I'm thinking 64+, in lieu of PL. 65 wouldn't floor me, but it'd be a lower-end one.
This one's tough enough that I was willing to acquire a nice AU example: [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
It's a very important consideration for the OP to understand what goes along with each lens s/he might choose to purchase, and regardless of that...
For about three milliseconds, which is all it takes for an educated numismatist to see they were harshly cleaned. Admittedly, they were useless to...
If it was only about collecting examples of coins, the only limitation would be the amount of money you were willing to throw at it. But to me,...
A local dealer told you that cleaning a coin with baking soda didn't harm it? You may not be trolling us, but he was trolling you.
This is the same guy who attempted to sue Collectors Universe a couple years back, and got his hand slapped by the judge (suit dismissed with...
Hadn't realized you were using a disconnected lens as I do. That does make a difference. :)
Speaking of Her Highness.... [ATTACH] [ATTACH] That obverse could not have lasted much longer; look at the cracks. This one was only...
The "green" is more a lack of color on the coin's surface than anything else; under the loupe it seems as-struck. The white dot on the ball of the...
The trouble with Tv (Shutter Priority) is that you set shutter speed and the camera decides aperture. Aperture is critical to appropriate depth of...
This is the first of a batch of 8 LC's I've acquired. It might be the most "collectible" of the bunch, but I don't believe it the "best" of them....
I'll be damned. Av Mode works; I just have to use Exposure Compensation instead of setting Exposure manually. News flash: if Ray and I disagree,...
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