Stick around, sometimes it gets very unfunny and viscious ! Jim
I see it as a tied game called for darkness. There is no need to prolong a discussion that there is such disagreement and conviction that if it...
No, I haven't done cleaned coins. As far as I know, most graders use a 5X-7X magnifier to grade coins ( maybe a little more for varieties or such~...
OK, this is a stopping point. So stop this back and forth! NOW. Thanks Jim
Many of us here have been active in numismatics for a very long time. Time does not always mean knowledge and experience, but you can find people...
Would be nice to have a photo and an accurate weight X.XX grams. Also when you photo graph it, use a white or a gray background so we can see the...
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Do not post multiple threads on the same coin!!! Post each only once in only 1 forum!!!! Jim
Willy , STOP posting the same thread over and over. Post each new coin in ONE thread in ONE Forum !!!!!! Jim
If PCGS graded it at MS-65, which it appears, it would only have a value of $2 by their price guide. It would need to be a MS-67 or MS-68 by their...
It is so sad when one realizes all of the discoveries yet to come as we age and get closer to never knowing :( But maybe there is more beyond...
Please use only ONE thread per one Coin/Question. others deleted. Jim
Astronomy Discovery in case you missed it. All Galaxies rotate at the same rate 1 rev/1 billion years +/- smiggen, no matter their size or mass....
Here is another example of very interesting but not really valuable MD, also a 3er :) Jim [ATTACH]
I am fairly sure, it is correspondence. If you want a lot of info ( much the same) from the internet, search the following phrase - levi coin...
In the second photo , showing the "E", notice how the arms that show 'doubling' that reduces the width of them . This is a sign of mechanical...
Here is an article that lists 9 confirmed materials he struck these cents. Lead and Zinc , which could possible oxidize to that color are...
"T" very often become a 7, or 1,Y,I,etc. Copper is one of the softest metals, and easily deformed as it is small on coins. you can take the edge...
I do not like the texture of the surfaces, but they were made in several different metals. Here are my brass ( center) and goldine (right). the...
Most tend to forget that mercury can amalgam with gold to form a whitish gray colorarion. Amalgams are different from acid reactions because gold...
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