It took me 5 years to write my book, so there's no rush at all!
If you look at well struck uncirculated pieces, you see that it is a fold of her gown. On circulated and toned pieces like yours, that fold tends...
An AU Peace for mowing a lawn? I'll take it! And, to put a value on your time, it's worth around $25. Perfectly fair for a lawn mowing, I think.
Yes, JCro, those definitions are good. And, as Doug mentioned, this is *exactly* why we have to be very precise in our use of terms. Even if it...
I think @ToughCOINS nailed it. If you are interested in selling them, key dates will always sell faster, and for more money, if they are...
This was sorta my point in posting this thread. How do you define a Specimen coin?
Tried a new edit of the obverse photo, because I wasn't happy with the original. This is much better: [ATTACH]
It is hard to tell from the pictures. If it is ugly toning, the acetone won't affect it - and in that case, just leave it alone. If it is residue,...
If it is actually residue, then acetone is what you should use. Perfectly safe for silver coins. We are having a discussion about it here, on the...
Well, that is very true. I suppose when I say "grade for yourself," in my mind that includes authentication and problem detection. I'm not going...
Not worth it. Throw it away.
I'm definitely familiar with color bumps. This is just one of the biggest I've seen in a while, and I was surprised CAC gave a sticker to a coin...
Jeff, I don't know why it happens. But I can say with 100% certainty that I have done the exact same thing as Maxfli. I had one of the 1940's...
What is a CWR? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CWR And congrats on finding those!
MS-70 is well known to turn copper coins blue. There have been quite a few coin doctors who took advantage of this, carefully applying small...
If I say the coin is MS-65 and want to charge a 65 price for the coin, you probably aren't going to believe me unless you know me, and we've built...
I got lots of them :) And, thanks for all the comments y'all!
Well clearly the slab didn't survive this... And, you can break these slabs with a few determined thwacks of a hammer. Some people prefer their...
I guess that's fair. The luster is quite strong, which also helped it.
That is actually a really cool comparison, @Eduard . You can clearly see that it was based on the same design, but really interesting how crude it...
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