Funny thing about gemstones -- they're harder than coins. Less easy to scratch. Funny thing about rings, necklaces, pendants et-freaking-al --...
Right there with you...
Yeah, I'm really admiring everyone's restraint here. ...almost everyone's. ;)
Pretty sure those are just hits. That coin's been badly beaten. :(
I'm thinking struck through grease, and quite a lot of it. That fade on the rim at the right is impressive.
I keep thinking about all those class-ring alloys that were made with palladium because it was so much cheaper than gold or platinum. There have...
I don't see it as a cast fake. If it were cast, I'd expect a flange between the two halfs.
If I had the coin in hand, I'd see whether the top half is larger in diameter around the entire circumference, or if the two halves are offset....
I'd definitely let the auction house hear about this. I'm sure they're very proud of their brand, but they need to promote it in ways that don't...
Not into an old holder, I'm sure.
Ugh, that's awful. :(
If this were a partial-collar strike, we wouldn't see reeds on both sides of the discontinuity. If this were jewelry/mount damage, I'd expect to...
That was my first reaction, too -- but it has just erased all its losses since last September. [ATTACH] Will it go up for a while longer, or...
Hmm. Maybe someone tried to do a face transplant onto a rare (C or D) coin whose obverse was badly damaged, or carved into a love token? Edit: in...
I'm pretty sure that's not the case, although I haven't submitted any Verdicare-treated coins myself. You can rinse it off with water after...
If they aren't lying crushed under a toppled stack, you clearly haven't been buying enough.
Questionable color on the wings. :rolleyes: The rim looks kinda chewed up. But I don't imagine the slab is really the point here, right,...
Now, that's post-mint damage. :eek:
Some optical designs do produce a curved focal plane -- but those are usually used with another optical element that flattens it out. I don't know...
I do almost love the Apollo reflection-in-a-visor design. But I'd still rather they'd made it flat. :(
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