How the hell can they/we even TELL that PR40 coin is a proof ? It's old....doesn't look like any of the modern proofs we see....only a "40"...
Well, at least on gold and silver coins. They have the deep-mirror look...that's what I meant.
Luster is caused by the reflection of thousands of these microscopic ridges on the surface of the coin. We think the coin is "smooth" but even a...
Recent Saint Auctions: I was surprised this went for "only" $5,200. A 66+CAC ? I believe an MS-67 is going to run closer to $12,000 so I...
Bumping this sucker with some updated information: [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Today, proof means mirrored proof. They've looked the same for years, decades. Back then, many times, the proofs WEREN'T mirrored. You'd see...
Jaelus, great answers....does your answer change or account for the fact that proofs back then tended to look different than proofs today...you...
What do you mean by this ? Same silver, just polished differently so one may show more and another less of being touched by a cloth....right ? Is...
Commentary I often save to Word Documents via cut-and-paste on my PC so I have them.....PDFs or pictures or stuff like that I save directly.
If they SEND it to you, I presume it's yours. As far as being on mailing lists, my understanding with Heritage is that if you do enough business...
I wonder if alot of people went who normally don't go to coin shows simply because everything else is shut down ?
The catalog doesn't cost $0.50 each...it's basically a hardcover book with high-end glossy paper. The cheapest a softcover catalog would cost is...
The main source of federal revenue back then was trade tariffs so they would settle international trade in gold and/or silver.
Regular iPhones or Samsungs would have NFC. My S9 does.
They're doing FINE with their very-generous commissions. If you see them pawning stuff on Craigslist, then you can start to worry about their...
What phone do you have ?
Well, by accidental I mean like one time some new employee was not aware you didn't touch/clean the coins and he saw that some dust or stuff must...
Just want to say to you that in addition to all the general knowledge I have learned from CT...I really appreciate you hammering that 2004 year of...
Not an expert on those coins by any means...but if they were to consider that corrosion a form of unpreventable chemical process -- sort of like...
That's what I thought too...just having finished re-reading Bowers' MORGAN RED BOOK, the theme he kept repeating was that back then "cleaning"...
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