Physics-fan called it. The only "blame" to be laid here ought to be on the doorsteps of the TPG's who legitimize such stuff with their slabs....
Only that he's not completely cognizant of how the law reads. Nobody around here seems to realize that, given your high profile, the Secret...
For reasons unknown as of yet, during the mintage of 1921's workers etched normally-curved "scribbles" (for lack of a better term) into reverse...
Ha! Conceded. :)
The optical magnification required to digitally image a coin depends in great part on the pixel resolution of the camera sensor. The Amscope...
That's safer than using it alone. My only advice to myself would be, "Yes, it's cleaned."
I almost wonder sometimes if a large group of Denver 1944's got together and shed their first 4's as some sort of war protest or something. There...
Any raw Trade Dollar is a 0_0 coin until you've had a chance to think about it; counterfeits seem to outnumber originals. This one's Type 1/Type...
The 1881 traded on Heritage's site for $9400 (including the vig) last May. It's gonna take someone wanting to make a market to pay that kind of...
That's my feel for the situation; the only real losers under this law are Minnesota precious metals (including coins) fans. Business just wrote...
Utterly gorgeous. Based only on this single set of (excellent) images of a toned coin (in other words, what follows is purely SWAG), I want to...
That coin traded on Heritage for $93 last January:...
It's OK; the rest of VAMming knows messydesk's value. :) VAMworld has a good-enough 8TF Attribution Guide so there's no reason to get one wrong....
Lacquer the coin. It worked for collectors 150 years ago in their sulfur-laden atmosphere, and it'll work today. And acetone removes lacquer...
On the conservative side of a "fair"grade, I think, and a really nice indicator of just where strike first intrudes itself as a factor on Peace...
Now we're finally getting an indication of the size of James Longacre's ego. Wasn't enough for him just to design the coin. :)
Start a thread when you get it. I'll be happy to help see what we can do to dial it in; most of the work aside what I mentioned above will be...
This is the kind of thing people go postal over. My compliments on your self-control, Chris. :)
The takeaway you should be getting here is that the best thing to do with your $25 is to hold it until you've better-defined what floats your boat...
Thank you; I was remiss in not clarifying that. The most important step in long-term storage is regularly checking on your charges.
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