In all honesty - not "disagreeing," there's nothing to "disagree" about - that is the draw, the fun of collecting for me. All this illustrates is...
BIE. :)
Certainly presents the appearance of a pretty strong RPM. The only one recorded with that South orientation at Variety Vista is RPM-004:...
At the point where you're unwilling to pay for the loss out of your own pocket. Personally, I don't think I've ever shipped a coin without insurance.
No, I haven't, but the underlying difference is I consider "toning" to be a chemical reaction between one/more chemicals and the underlying metal...
I wouldn't call them a shining beacon of light illuminating the future of numismatics, but they're not exactly the trolls some make them out to...
If you can "chip it off," it's not toning....
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I think the Half Dime fell short.
VAM-14, I think.
I don't know; where is he? There's no easy answer to worn DD's in some cases. For instance, in the absence of further information - other die...
The rim is, by definition, the thickest part of the coin, so they can stack. Entire designs have been reworked because they did not stack well....
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I'll drink to that. This place makes me more confrontational than I like to be as a person. The language allowed here boggles my mind, especially...
Unfortunately, as paddyman98 linked above, you can see there are members of the numismatic community who have their proof straight from the dryer,...
The only way to address this is to draw a political analogy, so I won't. Any reasonably intelligent reader will get it anyway. :)
If you choose to take it as an insult, that's your business. I feel you show no objectivity, and are blinded by your own hate for Carr's work to...
Get over yourself. The market is proving you about as wrong as it's possible to be.
Holy cow. The clash on the reverse is so strong you could use it as a clash overlay pic. :) It's a wonder the dies survived a clash that hard to...
Hey, when I agree with you the only thing left to argue is semantics. :P
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