I strongly agree. That's why 95% of my stamp and coin purchases are 19th century items.
I don't. Last thing I bought from the Mint was a 1984 proof set. That's 25 years ago.
Nice coin. Beats the heck out of my AU-55. But that's the best I could do.
For the time being I'm going to stick with "cleaned". A quick dip, especially in a diluted solution, can easily leave the "cartwheel" behind. I...
Environmental damage.
Looks to me like a coin that was cleaned but the job was done poorly. Something like not being well rinsed. Poorly mixed cent alloys generally...
Let's see. You're buying a book with next year's date and last year's prices. Outside of info (not prices) on the newest coins I can't see a...
Really interesting. Every time I think of a possible cause I shoot it down. I see elements hinting at a weak strike (hair behind Jeff's ear). I...
My wife has a Nikon D300. It's a 12 Mpixel camera. Now THAT'S a serious digital camera. I'm allowed to look at it if I don't look too hard. Touch?...
I live right outside DC and haven't seen one yet.
Terminology. You don't get "scans" from cameras. Cameras give you images.
Lots of cameos out there and some deep cameos too. Point us to what you are looking at. Lots of smarts here to help you.
Amazing. But I suspect the bidders are NOT from the same strain of humanoid as the rest of us.
Unusual. The die cracks are rather linear except for the one at the bottom which looks like it runs up into the neck. I do believe they are die...
BU will get you coins as high as MS-63. Heck, I can almost do that good with pocket change.
My camera is only a 3.2 Mpixels but I get good results. Fortunately it has macro capability so that explains a lot. I know I can do better but...
Many people in here have seen at least part of my type set. It has been put together with Andy's help over a period of 5 years or so. I don't have...
Yep. I basically bought my whole type set from or through him. Plus many keys from sets that I don't collect.
I forgot to mention I didn't even buy the coin from him originally!!! He and his wife are top-of-the-line small cent dealers. You'll find them...
The answer turned out the be rather simple. I was going to take it to the Whitman show the end of March and talk to PCGS. I e-mailed my favorite...
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