Yeah, fingers got ahead on the tablet.
In 1983 Lincoln cents were changed to copper plated zinc. The plating has been known to bubble and even flake off. A scratch can also expose the...
I think you replied to the wrong thread, but... Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson are camping in the woods. After setting up the tent and building...
RTI or PTM Start: http://www.jcms-journal.com/articles/10.5334/jcms.1021201 Also google search for "ptm photographic techniques" which will take...
Yes, it helps, no I'm not seeing it. If it's there, at this level of wear, it will be hard to prove. There is a photographic technique used in...
Again confusing the definition of the word (in this case the legal definition) with the numismatic one. They may all be counterfeit in law, but...
So how do you classify an 1861 three cent silver counterfeit created in 1875 when the coin series ended in 1872 (business strikes)???
I see the man in the moon
Actually, @paddyman98 there is a third and a fourth option... 3. Somebody fed a 1941 Canadian quarter into the press and grabbed it as it was...
Numismat you dropped the second definition... 2. belonging to or occurring in the present. "the tension and complexities of our contemporary...
I'd be REALLY, REALLY worried if you could tell the species of rat from some characteristic of the damage. That would be entirely too much...
In this case, it's typical to focus on the FIRST definition, not the second. Like many words, the multiple meanings can cause confusion.
Starting in 1983, US Cents are made of copper plated zinc instead of pure copper. A small amount of zinc gets into the plating bath, leading to...
I don't think you need to worry about authenticity, however I would be VERY concerned about the actual grade that, say, a reputable TPG would assign.
Well, they arrived on Black Friday although I bought them earlier... a couple treasure trivia NGC slabs from @Paddy54. Smooth transaction!
Your eyes/mind are playing tricks on you and resolving random nicks and dings into a ghost number.
ANACS is significantly cheaper if you're paying for the.slabbing and they attribute more varieties than the others. But you pay for that when you...
After soaking in Acetone for about 3 days (I forgot about it) [ATTACH] no real change
The market certainly didn't love them that's why they went back to 7 and then on to 9. But I've seen a couple which are no worse (or better) than...
Looks good to me. Conder can't help :( since he's color blind, it was years afterwards that he realized there were brown and green labels. So he...
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