There's virtually no dissolved oxygen in the water at that depth; things preserve remarkably well.
We're just Classics, not Moderns. :)
But we still don't know the date. :P You win the Internet today. :)
Any VAMmer would have immediately noticed, during the attribution process, that the mint mark is far too large and in none of the known locations...
Well, core sampling works for geologists. :) While XRF admittedly might not penetrate decent plating, it can at least identify that potential...
Heritage uses 150mm Canon macro lenses with a rather wide field of view, and can "peek over the sides" more easily than a smaller lens. I'm...
Those are the Philadelphia cents. There's one known from Denver, and five from San Francisco. I'm not exactly calling a random Reddit thread...
"Trust the TPG's because they get it right. Except when they don't."
Interesting coin. I don't think the dies were appropriately basined; you see that same flattening at the edges with Peace Dollars for the same...
Holy Sticker Shock. 0_0 :) Then again, with optics you truly get what you pay for.
Lovely honest, original coin. You've a good eye. :) I suspect CAC would have happily beaned that one.
I'd call it "average" at the grade, based on images a bit small for accurate grading. The latest real-world sales prices I was able to find were...
We can't help the types who only buy the label, and they are the ones which cause me to reluctantly accept the need for TPG's, but we can help the...
You've got the technique down. :) I'm seeing noise and artifacting in the images, and don't know if the camera is processing them into that...
I'm in the wrong here, but in my head I've always defined a "die break" to be a later-state die crack which has opened/catastrophically failed...
Late die state S-232, from the cud. S-233 shares the obverse but has its' own reverse; I don't know how the writer of that note was unsure. The...
A cud, by definition, only occurs at the rim of the coin. This is an interior die break, popularly called a "chip" because it didn't occur in...
Well, it is a Royal Mint issue, at least. Most of the coins are from places which primarily issue commissioned "Commemorative" work like Niue, and...
Send him here: http://www.ebay.com/gds/So-what-exactly-is-a-Close-AM-and-Wide-AM-Cent-/10000000177207003/g.html
There will always be a place for TPG's, for the reasons many have stated. However, over the years they have become a substitution for skill on the...
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