Oh, yes. At the very least, it will probably attack the surface copper-oxide layer, and change the color of the coin, not for the better. If this...
You might also ask @Insider whether this is a coin ICG would slab. I'd imagine they would, unless there's an authentication issue I'm not aware...
The difference there is that you can't reliably distinguish a 1916-D from a 1916-S if the mintmark is too far gone. On the 1916 SLQ, it's easy; no...
I'm absolutely positive that I've seen dateless 1916 SLQs in TPG plastic. The diagnostics hold up a lot longer than the date does. The pictured...
I'm sorry for your loss, @paddyman98. That IHC looks like it had some meat on it when it was first buried. And I'm glad the pit under that 1909...
Never mind the fake coins on either side, that's the first time I've ever seen a... single-cylinder wedding band?
Thanks! I might have to order that, just to see if it has citations for the weight-and-tolerance info. If the Red Book and others are wrong about...
No, no, metals hold their value! If their price goes up and down, that just means that the worthless toilet-paper fiat dollar is going down and...
I wish I could rely on that table, because tolerances are so hard to find. But it has flat-out wrong information about many coin weights. I don't...
I actually had to go and look up "candareen" a long time ago -- I saw it in a story, and my curiosity got the better of me. Since a mace is 10...
I'm not a collector of this series, but I'd say this has ALL the hallmarks of a fake. Standard color, design sinking into the fields, blobby...
A huge part of modern society is convincing people that they want things, then getting them to spend money on them. In fact, you can probably...
The people who've actually been trained on the ray-gun would know better than I do, but I'm pretty sure that a plated layer of a...
I used to see the "1906 ASE" all over the place. I think I remember seeing 1909 as well.
Oh, not those again.
I'll refrain from arguing that all Presidents are also actors. :rolleyes:
I dunno. The idea of a Hollywood commemorative rubs me the wrong way.
Oh, it is rare -- because most people have better things to do with their time than to do that to a coin.
An interesting historical event, and a stellar writeup. Thanks for posting it!
And not one done with today's 40-grit "laser frosted" finish on the devices. And not, not, NOT a "reverse proof".
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