Looks like it to me especialy with that split on the 9 but im no expert on errors (though learning fast thanx to CT)
damn i like may have to order one of those very very nice silver round :D
I agree, the spot sucks but easily worth $5
I am a bit of a random collector and often buy things just because the price is right and the item strikes my fancy. At the moment i have an over...
congrats!! and HEHE
took me all of 2 minutes to find one... I honestly hope yours turns out to be the real deal :D Note that even this "circulated finish" copy uses...
Now this a coin i know about very very sweet and probably the coin at the top of my "will never own wish list" 1956 FE From the closeup of the O...
Oddly enough my usual bank lady gave me a similar speach yesterday when i ordered another box of halves. She said that they will not be able to do...
Happy Happy!! Great site Peter, I must say of all the forums i have visited recently this is one of the best run and most useful resources i have...
Yes i read about the electrolysis method but don't really see an easy way to set this up. This is really my 1st experiment in "coin cleaning" as...
On the SVP 540hr, i will add one minor drawback, it will eat a set of cheap batterys in a day (several hours of viewing) but the duracells i put...
yes i decided to use mineral oil after quite a bit of reading most books and sites recommended olive oil (not virgin do to acidity) or mineral....
I didn't say the dealer was sane or anything but those were the marked prices :D
well, at the coin show last weekend i was 1953 proof $2 going for $55 and the 63 for $45 but both of those were crisp mint condition.
out of my mineral oil, in a batch of coins that should have been all romans comes this lil booger... As best i can make out the date it is 1885...
I bought them at a yard sale in FL while i was in the navy 200 of em, they made great poker chips on the ship.... (hides)
used to be for me too but my eye's ain't what they used to be either :D
I use a SVP 540hr http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIPvRmwKVbs is camera/microscope(x500) Is absolutly great for closeups but needs additional...
It's actualy about the size of an Ike
could be could very well be
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