You made me think about original toning and the acetone, If a coin that is reacting with some sort of contaminant or stored condition. Will an...
Very Cool Medals! A good thing to get the help is to weigh them and give an approximate diameter, it helps to weed out restrikes, from the original.
What one can forget as you posted, these sets are a lot of times not the original coins. I like true original mint sets, some of the toning is...
He was grinning ear to ear,:D because he knew he scored. I never get anything like that, maybe a few sticky Cents.:vomit:
I traded this one at the last show for some really nice coins, I think I made out well. I like the peace dollars raw, and just couldn't get myself...
It's not the fumbling fingers, it's the lack of proof reading that gets some of us. ;) I still miss some of mine.
It's quite nice for me as a collector to see those folks who I learned from leave posts, It's been a while, good to hear from ya!.. @physics-fan3.14
The Kiddo bought some stuff himself and went out towards the coin star. He got, 8 zincolns, 2 coppers,2 quarters 2 dimes a 5 euro, 2 euro. 50...
MM were hand punched into the working dies. It is normal for them to be in different positions or have a slight rotation.
Nice write up and coin RC!
Please take care of your family and yourself. The area that I grew up in burnt last year just south of you. (Lake County area) Good to hear your safe.
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That ring in the field is die deterioration.
Those ancients are fun, but real tricky, sorry to hear about your coin shortage.
Interesting.
It looks like it could be a detail of the cornice, I'd like to know also.
I am gonna have to check one of those microscopes out. Both look cool!
What's B.G.C?
Like Jim said, those area shows many different die cracks, chips, etc. Look through the MM styles. You can see how prone this MM was to die chips....
Reprocessed means that the coin was resurfaced, they are still a genuine 43 steel cent.
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