My first guesses were: -- misaligned dies (not parallel or whatever they call it) -- uneven thickness of the planchet
Thanks, all. I can create an Excel file to do the calculations for me. Only thing I'd have to update would the the gold spot. Got my mother's...
This appears to be the closest category for my questions. 1. Is the gold spot listed on a site such as KITCO the price of a Troy ounce? If not,...
Good question. I'm about to go through some crossovers (PCGS to NGC). 13 coins. If NGC send back the labels to me I'll forward them to PCGS.
IMO it's been dipped. It's missing differential toning in the protected areas.
There may be a snag by going with the "last year of mintage". Some of those are keys or semi-keys. The Liberty V nickels come to mind. Ignoring...
I like it. That's the sort of coin that grabs my attention.
If it were me I'd tighten up the criteria a bit. Actually my "window" of interest is moving a bit. I'm selling (or have sold) all my 20th century...
I've got a Nikon D90 with a Nikkor 60mm macro lens. So it's capable of doing "center point" concentration. I used to use it but everything may...
Taking pictures of coins in PCGS slabs is different than coins in NGC slabs. For me it comes down to PCGS slabs being translucent and NGC slabs...
Don't know what my first "find" was BUT I remember the first coin that caught my attention. I had started a paper route at Ft. Ord, CA, in 1955...
Agreed. Either Mint die polishing or metal flow lines.
Who slabbed them, i.e., what TPG?
Now we wait for the November show.
I was there early Friday and several dealers said they were leaving about 2PM. And there were many empty tables. What prompted the mass exodus...
Sending ANY coin to ICG for grading in itself is a questionable action. But as to the "Why" I can think of several possibilities: -- birthyear set...
From Coin World: "Buyers of U.S. Mint's American Eagle silver bullion coins are sitting on stockpiles Whenever demand increases again, the...
Dollar coins are not going to circulate (or even be recognized or wanted) until the dollar bill is removed from circulation.
Maryland's magic number is $1000.
I was trying to outlive US coins but they had an almost 150 year head start.
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