I have a really hard time judging features like that (two fairly-high-relief curved surfaces) where there isn't consistent lighting.
Gotta love it. Reminds me of the pawn shop I found selling 1964 Kennedy halves for $5 each, when melt was in the $7-8 range. Some of their halves...
I don't recall "defective units returned to Mint and destroyed" being called out in any official mintage figures, for what that's worth. Cutting...
I hope you're right! I'm still a little nervous about the light weight, but I did see this on Wikipedia (of all places): Not my go-to source for...
I was just going to guess that the privy-mark listings were people who hoped to get one, and would cancel the sale if they didn't. But if PCGS...
NOT a gold expert, and these small pieces are even harder than most. I was nervous about that weak bow, especially on a Philly strike -- it...
I'm guessing the Mint is (unpleasantly) surprised, too, after all they did to encourage a scramble (TWO levels of lucky scratch-off lottery, AND a...
But-but-but if people weren't trampling each other to get them, and there weren't thousands of disappointed customers who couldn't get in, how...
If you click on the "1" at the bottom of the page, it'll take you back to the first page of the thread, where there's a great definition.
I've seen that happen, but I've also seen mods post to threads containing it without commenting or taking action. I'm guessing it's way down on...
This guy gets it. :) If you're doing it for fun, it doesn't matter "how much you make per hour". For entertainment, the question is how much it...
What?! Okay, maybe it's only worth face value to you, and that's perfectly fair. By the same reasoning, to most of the public, a silver dime or...
50 pounds of copper cents is about $75 face value, right? How much time did you have to spend sorting and separating them to turn that into an...
And yet people are buying all day long at 2xFV or more. I don't see the attraction of buying them at that level today, but if I were sitting on a...
Two other observations from last night: This piece has medal alignment, not coin alignment. It weighs just 0.29g, which is less than half what...
Like @Collecting Nut said, quality on these was never a strong point. The PCGS page images I linked above show the same features. That's one...
Welp, no way around it, my video microscope stinks. So here are a couple of phone photos under somewhat better light. Maybe I can clear enough...
You clearly don't know me very well. :sorry: I might get around to sending it somewhere in the next year or two. I'm not speedy by nature; it'll...
Well, I decided I wasn't going to let someone else beat me to it. Even talked them down on the price. I'll try to get some microscope shots...
Wow, amazed that RARE MINT ERROR got by PCGS. If only they'd realized that was a, um, whatever it is, instead of a "distracting mark", I'm sure...
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