Really, don't need elaborate image analysis to verify they're pics of the same coin. On the obverse, the wavy light area to the left of Liberty's...
Good illustration (sorry! :inpain:) of how the same coin can look very different with different photographic techniques. There are several very...
Glad they had police watching the line and keeping order. There are ways to avoid line jumping or even pretty much avoid long lines either in...
Every US collector should have a Red Book. It's great for looking up mintages. However, it doesn't work for survivorship. For example, the...
Yes. And there are some who deal only in high-end coins. When some of these dealers sniff out that you're not buying multithousand dollar coins,...
In the PCGS Morgan CC set registry, the 79CC and 93CC both get weight of 3. Inexplicably, so does the 92CC. 89CC gets a weight of 5. All the...
It's called CoinSearch and will be in operation at Baltimore. See link. Cal http://www.collectorscorner.com/marketnews/?name=CoinSearch
I go to 1-2 major shows and 1-2 local small shows per year. I have my short want list, but my expectation is I won't find the coins at a...
Nice coin! I'm not an expert VAMer, but it appears you have VAM-11. Notice how the date is slanted with the 2 being higher than the 1. This...
Some technical grades of acetone may be only 95% acetone. See the first link below for ACROS (a common lab brand) technical acetone. The acetone...
I was referring to using aluminum containers to hold acetone while dipping coins in it ... not to acetone use on aluminum coins. Cal
Yup, hard to go wrong with ceramic, glass, stainless steel or aluminum. Just need to avoid the coins sliding around much so as not to wear or...
When trying to identify plastics, it's important to realize that clarity and color aren't the same property. Clarity is the degree to which...
Clear prescription vials are almost always polysytrene, which is dissolved by acetone. Translucent amber prescription vials are almost always...
Common plastics that are safe for acetone are polyethylene, polypropylene, and fluoroplastics (Teflon, Tefzel, etc.). Acetone can migrate through...
I think it's still possible to get a dollar coin to be popular, but it will require several things: 1. It needs to be a unique size ... larger...
When the reports said the gold wasn't recoverable, I assume they mean for the mint to reuse. I doubt the gold vaporized in the incinerator and...
Disposal company for the US Mint accidentally took pallet of Dolly Madison $10 coins and incinerated them. Coins were supposed to have been...
Yeah! I could to with a good thrashing or trashing or .... o_O Cal
Terrific set. A pleasure to look at, and so glad you shared it. I know you worked on it a long time. You deserve all the praise you're getting...
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