My only purchase at the ANA show this year. The term "Circulated cameo" or "circ cam" seems to be becoming popular, as it was offered up several...
No for both. 63PL or 64PL for the 1889. The 82 looks to have lots of small and light marks on the cheek, no large patch of "creamy" frost, so...
It has been a fun set to do. Additions are slowing down now that I'm complete 1723 through 1951. By all means start one up. I need some company in...
This showed up today. 1619 Krone from Denmark. [IMG]
1878 VAM 34 PCGS 63. One of the better 7/8 TF die pairs. [IMG]
Usually, the strike doubling more of a "bounce" than a full-strength second blow. The result is a smashed looking outline. Doubled dies are when...
This is an example of strike doubling. The die hit the coin twice, and on the second contact, smashed part of the struck design. In honor of the...
It would depend on other offers I get for the slab. If PCGS were to offer 4 vouchers, and I had an offer of $150 cash, I'm taking the cash,...
Grab a cup of coffee or a cold one and watch this video of a presentation I did several years ago at FUN.
Your lights are too low, causing you to get darker fields and highlighted edges. Raise the lights until just before you start getting glare and...
While this is somewhat true, the few people that are studying die marriages and buy and catalog these things don't expect to make money, but...
And what a task that would be. 1867 alone has a mintage of just north of 30 million. Given how common die clashing and breakage is on dies that...
I have a dropper bottle of unscented lamp oil sitting around for doing photos. It turns out it softens label goo so that it's easily wiped off....
Same here. The A reverse looks like a worn out C reverse, although perhaps the way the leaves overlap each other is a difference more easily seen...
Nice! All I ever get in change is clad. ;)
Just got the wiki back up and running.
The wiki is down today. The message board is up. I'm trying to resolve the wiki issue now.
Yeah, I just saw that. I thought I left it working last night, so I was surprised to see it down this morning. I'll be able to look into it more...
Not while in the holder. The coin has been re-holdered at least once, so there's a remote possibility that a shard of plastic scratched it the...
The thing is, when this coin was originally submitted (note the 7-digit serial number), it should not have been holdered at all, due to the...
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