I can't tell what the nature of the scratchy patch is. If it is a ham-fisted attempt at removing a spot, then no grade. If it appears mostly to...
All nice coins! Interesting choice of background color. Dansco tan? There was someone I shot some pictures for at the CSNS show of some...
If I could modify this light, I'd make it a ring in 3 segments, each of which could be controlled individually (on/off/brightness). Bare LEDs...
I'm guessing you'll always get a glare from slabs if you use this, and if you don't, you'll get really flat looking pictures. Pretty cheap to try...
If you could pick one up for $5 and it worked, you could sell it on eBay for at least $50. It should take decent pictures with the right lens.
Well, since you're the only one with the coin in hand and pictures of mirrored surfaces are deceptive, I'll simply say that if it's struck through...
OK, so if the pictures in post #10 are not through the plastic of the case, then my next recommendation would normally be to poke it with a stick,...
Pop the case opened, as I don't think they're glued or welded shut, and take a look. I'm thinking it's in the plastic, too.
Environmental damage.
And Roger has more complete info than I do. I'll amend my assertion to say that the stars were part of the master die. The question is then how...
Some general advice: Date position only comes into play from 1884-1904. Mint mark position is helpful for most years. While this implies that...
On Morgan dollars, the stars were part of the master hub, so there is no variation from die to die within any year except 1878, while the designs...
The vertical position of the 81 might vary from die-to-die, as observed, but it doesn't make a useful diagnostic, because it's difficult to see...
Yes, two different things. With the Magic Eye stuff, I cross my eyes and the image is recessed into the background. Since your brain doesn't...
The Magic Eye stuff doesn't work well for me. Those work best when you diverge your eyes -- left eye looks left, right eye looks right. When I...
At CSNS, I had a chance to shoot a Wiener Synagogue medal. It's pretty rare, from what I understand, and the only synagogue medal he did. I...
I'm a bit of a hybrid, perhaps like other Class of '75s who thought the Bicentennial stuff was neat, started as a kid at the time when there were...
I still wouldn't dip it. It would really mess up your dip.
I don't think it's real. These were rather crudely made coins. Here's what an authentic 1714 escudo should look like. Many were recovered from...
Yes. That's one of my discoveries. The assumption is that the dies clashed through some piece of debris, since they're directly opposite each other.
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