The scrolly things on the left and right are seemingly dragons: [IMG]
Cool! I don't know if you noticed, but the end of the handle is the Brazilian/Portuguese coat of arms that preceded the one shown on the coin....
The main reason the 96 S-21 will bring a large premium is because it is so dramatic that it would easily be visible even on a corroded AG coin,...
Actually a pretty good question. For some (perhaps all?) POs, you actually have "street addressing" available by using the address of the post...
Rate depends on size and location. I have a size 1 box, which is the smallest, and I have to pay $132/year way out in the Chicago suburbs. I...
That bite taken out of the 9 can happen either if the 9 on the date punch is chipped or if something else is punched into the die after the 9 is...
It doesn't look like something acetone would take off, but a rinse wouldn't hurt. I think attempting to remove it in a more aggressive manner...
One of the major engineering disciplines in China is reverse-engineering. There are legions of people there ready to copy anything from hand...
Pretty cool! Anyone but me see "E PL" un the offending area?
No, because anything that can be manufactured can be manufactured. It is, however, more counterfeit resistant.
He doesn't even have to profit. Even if he gives them away (like in a advertising brochure), he can be sued. He has no rights to use these...
Copyright holder of the images needs to sue the seller.
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Set assembled by a promoter who had some Capitol Plastics holders made and printed some meaningless COAs. If you want to sell them, sell them...
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Harshly cleaned VF. You learn this by looking at a lot of coins to get a feel for what a coin in any grade should look like without problems....
Depending how large or heavy it is, you could ship some of it to yourself by registered mail.
Who knows? You might have been tempted by a price and the thought that you could easily dip them off.
The problem is, rubber band marks don't dip out.
The rubber band stains kill it for me. Not seeing the coin in hand, I can't see what PCGS or CAC saw in it, for better or for worse. In hand, it...
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