IMO spending that much money for an unslabbed coin like that is every bit as much gambling as throwing your money on a roulette. I view slabs as...
You may end up getting an album with unlabeled quarter-sized holes. I believe they exist. Of course that would mean if you wanted them labeled...
The only time I would get a coin as a gift is if I gave one to myself. No one else who would even consider giving me a gift would know enough to...
Gold is resistant to many acids, Aqua Regia being the most notable exception.
I have quite a few coin shops local to me (I'm in the Wash, DC area). One is run by a nationally known dealer (Julian Leidman). But I can't...
Agreed. I don't want a coin in a DETAILS or GENUINE holder. Costs more but worth it IMO.
Yeh, I go for RB's. BN's also, especially if there's still a bit of Mint red in the nooks and crannies.
Nice. Well done. Before you know it you'll have the S-VDB.
Not worth the grief of finding out the hard way. I could ask, but the fingerprint makes the answer moot. I wouldn't buy it anyway. For me...
Thought I had a good one, but a second look shot that down....
Me too. But they'll get over it. And if you try to go at slack time, you're not impacting other customers.
I reshot my 1806 quarter with my new configuration. Found out it doesn't work as well with silver as it does copper. Oh well, experimentation...
Yeh, you pretty well have the 995 nailed. The shutter lag really came home on our Antarctic cruise. We had a humpback whale playing around the...
It appears to be not quite that easy. I can't let the camera do things in auto-mode. It tends to want to focus on the surface of the slab rather...
Yeh, I can adjust for white balance. But I haven't gotten to that level yet. I had to get the lighting reasonably correct first. The...
I have two OTT-LITE's, both with a OTT-LITE TRUECOLOR 13 Watt Tube. Here's my setup: [IMG] Be careful to make sure you get the right...
... I decided to do some testing. The colors were NOT coming out correct and I'm not good enough with manipulating the images to make them look...
Since dips for silver aim at removing silver sulfide (the most common toning compound for silver), I'm not sure they would work on rust, a ferrous...
For my purposes the diagnosis is easy. It's not slabbed so authenticity is in question.
YES! YES! YES! Great coin. Even the details in the portico are strong. Outside of the (partially?) missing 6th step I see only one other place...
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