Yeah, I don't think I'll be able to pick up a building-sized or campus-sized accelerator at surplus. On the other hand, there are some glimmers...
Yep, still no added value for camera blur.
I thought NCS had a flat fee, but it's listed as 4% of Fair Market Value. I have no idea how they'd determine that for a grossly damaged coin....
That was what came in mine. For making the "pink when it's humid, blue when it's dry" paper.
Well, not counting the commemoratives. Or maybe even then.
You catch more flies with honey than vinegar. And isn't that what we all want? More flies?
You guys have no idea how weird it is every time I see my not-so-common surname show up in a thread title. Makes me jump every time.
I have pretty fuzzy memories of my grandfather showing me old coins when I was a small child. But I remember that design grabbing my attention...
And I've been hearing that for a lot longer. Of course, in 2008, we found that housing markets were overvalued. Just as we found out "dot-coms"...
Note to self: make sure all the gold is back in the SDB before any surgery that involves being at home and on painkillers.
For a straight grade? Yes. Is it worth treating the coin to prevent further damage? I think so. I also think it would improve the coin...
You select the kind of metal you think you have, and the analyzer checks whether its resistivity matches that metal. I thought you also needed to...
In sixth grade, I got the science teacher who had us write a report on an ancient civilization as our first assignment. I didn't do well in her...
He was last seen here in March. We may never know.
Take a look at the seller's completed listings. He's running through quite a stream of better- and key-date details coins, with many of them...
And here I thought you were being unforgivably rude to one of our members. ;)
Agree. It's a damaged coin, and can never grade cleanly, but professional conservation and a details slab would very likely pay for itself when...
I don't have the Trade Dollar chops to look at an image of one and tell whether it's legit. But when I see images as poor as these, and when I see...
https://www.ebay.com/help/policies/listing-policies/presale-listings-policy?id=4252
Here's a link to a copy for sale. The listing is still in German, but at least it's in modern letters rather than Fraktur....
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