Someone took a blowtorch to it.
I'm really not sure why everyone is so excited for this.
Wow, fantastic coins, as always!
You could, of course, make the argument that the most influential coins ever were the Lydian electrum pieces - the very first coins ever minted.
The most influential would probably be the very first dollar sized coins, that started the whole craze. The Spanish milled dollar was just an...
NGC does also have an office in China.
I'm not sure what your collecting habits are, but I have a fairly tight focus. I have searches set up at several of the major auction houses to...
I bought one. It's DPL, and its from SC. It complements my prooflike set. I won't buy any more, but its a cool part of my set. [ATTACH]
The mark on the bottom set *should* disqualify it from FBL at PCGS. And the top set of lines are not complete on the left, which rules out NGC....
I'd say you scored on this one! That appears to be DDR-001, which is matched with RPM-002. It is always really cool when you get a two-fer like...
This type of lighting is called "diffuse" lighting. The professional coin photographers have methods to replicate this in a more controlled...
Yes, I believe you have a silver grosz from the Polish city of Danzig. It is listed in Krause as KM#11. The obverse shows King Sigismund III. The...
Absolutely. As an example, there have been 5 Morgans posted in this thread. 2 of them are AT (or not-market acceptable, at best). When someone...
Weird. It's possible someone was trying to alter it to be a 1901 (a much rarer date, and a huge payout if you can trick someone). Maybe they got...
Wow. Very nice!
This is exactly what they will do.
I'll say with a pretty high degree of certainty that coin is artificially toned. It just doesn't look right at all. I think the dealer's excuse...
The sun and mountain coins of the CAR sometimes come in prooflike condition. I keep trying to get one, but they go for a pretty decent sum. I...
Generally, scratches are bad! But we both know that there is a lot of variation and subtlety in that.
Can you link to the lot? I've seen one of these in person, but it was a display. I'm not sure I've seen one of these sold. Was it a big one?
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