Nah, that's plainly planchet striations. You can even see where the hair is flattening from an incomplete strike (I don't like to think of them as...
I disagree with that sentiment. Forums like this are very transitory; there are always new members like yourself coming and going. Conversations...
He's always done things on a big scale. :)
Pretty much all of the large brick/mortar retailers have adopted this model - online affiliation with Web-only sellers. It's the only way they can...
I'm unsurprised by the quality of some smartphone cameras; there are a few out there which can easily produce gradable images of coins. In...
Depends on what day you ask me. :) My "favorite coin" is my avatar coin, a gift which will never leave me. My favorite issue depends on what...
One thing I might do with an initial email campaign is a fairly prominent opt in/opt out linkage. Prominence (and accompanying semi-apologetic...
Interesting. What am I seeing below the olive branches on the reverse, vertically below the OL of DOLLAR? That's a location for a clashed feature...
Alcohol is a polar solvent which won't harm a coin but acetone is better at the same jobs.
Yeah, this is one of those fascinating coins that isn't really worth a bunch of money, but all the same deserves attention and an honored place in...
The only thing I'd add to Doug's words is that distilled water is not required if your final rinse is (as it should always be) acetone. Acetone...
You are so_much_fun to teach; you're appreciative. The Homestead Quarter is going to be known by history as one of the more "errored" US issues...
I don't see the steps above the E in MONTICELLO allowing the FS designation, which doesn't stop this from being a beautiful coin. Reverse-limited...
There's an upper limit, forced by the laws of physics, to what can be done with a tiny smartphone camera sensor. Note that this design depends on...
It is my opinion that 65* is appropriate for this one - it doesn't reach the FS plateau. I bet NGC has it at 66*.
It's conceivable that the apparent residue visible at bottom right on both faces could be the evidence of cleaning. It's conceivable that it is...
Yes, absolutely, and no reason why not. A coin which isn't really worthy at MS64 might be a rather nice MS63 indeed. I doubt CAC planned on the...
Unless you're trying to decide whether to give it MS67 or something better, too much magnification is only a distraction from good grading. I have...
Not sure I understand all the excitement. The laws of physics - in this case 150 tons of them - say that a random Dime getting under a Cent die is...
Three different reverses. The Type A is the normal, expected reverse. The Type B was supposed to be a Proof-only reverse, yet a few slipped into...
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