On an individual coin basis, I actually really like the idea of choosing a non-standard color background to complement each individual coin....
I will say, there are a few things I absolutely hate in coin pictures/backgrounds. @Denis Richard has brilliantly demonstrated several of them...
Probably EF, but its too pale for my liking.
The answer is: it depends. The biggest thing is you want contrast. The coin you show appears either a bit darker toned or a bit underlit, and so...
I don't know as much about the half dimes, but I do know there are several die varieties of bust halves where engravers marks and templates are...
No bean for the spot.
The first time I heard this story, I thought to myself "No way this is true." Cool coin, and interesting story!
I live in South Carolina. Round here, we call an 85% humidity day "low humidity." Especially in the summer. This time a year, we consider...
That "silver" sure looks a lot like copper. Either way, it goes into the "art round" category of silver-stackers, and in no way should ever be...
The big difference is, Wikipedia is not, has not ever been, and will never be a resource for original research. It is essentially an online...
Most of those edits appear to be typographical or format edits (updating broken links and such). Very few if any appear to be actually correcting...
You have to wonder why he's going with some private company like that instead of a big auction. This would be the highlight of a Major auction,...
That is awesome! Really cool to see the punch on its own, and its cool that they saved it.
For many regions of the world, the "hoes" or "axes" or "knives" that were traded were originally intended to be hoes and axes and knives. They...
I'm actually reading a very interesting book on that subject right now:...
I suppose it would be more accurate to say "a Star coin with what I consider to be poor eye appeal." Eye Appeal is extremely subjective. What...
Will this be recorded and made available at some later time, if we can't make it to the original airing?
I've seen worse in 65 holders, but that really belongs at 64. The scratches in the obverse field really limit this one. And, PCGS will...
Looks like a pretty bad fake to me. Compare it to a genuine example:...
Try this website: https://www.collectorscorner.com/coins/ It pulls from the inventories of many reputable dealers, so you can see what many of...
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