Okay, I'll be watching this one with interest. The wings and the high points look like they're from two different coins. I seem to recall the...
My thumbnails thank you.
Yeah, I'm not sure I want to vandalize any sets, but I would've sworn I'd pried a few apart with ease. Now to see whether those were the exception.
I think the seam is along the top in your second edge-on photo. I just grabbed a 1999 silver quarter set that was nearby and tried prying it open...
They don't all come out MS70, and they don't all get handled properly once they leave the mint. I don't care what grade a bullion coin is. But...
The ones I've done it with are press-fit, so yeah, they go back together easily.
fatty?
Since those lenses aren't sealed, though, it would be easy enough to fake this. I doubt you'll get much traction on it as a "rarity".
I'm thinking most of those sets can be pried open with a thumbnail -- then again, I've got pretty good thumbnails. They definitely aren't sealed,...
Welcome to CoinTalk! I can't think of a better reason to "drag up an old thread". I've never seen a bank like that, but I hope @beaver96 might be...
As somebody who just deals with pocket change from self-checkout machines, and not much of that, I've gone years without finding an S-mint nickel...
I'm nervous about it too. Part of the hair seems to be sinking under the field, and that big raised spike across the rays under DOLLAR looks super...
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Holy cow, Cheech! You were overdue for some good luck, and it looks like it came through in spades!
I don't see this as an increased risk, just an annoying delay. Once the buyer pays through eBay, eBay sits on the money for a few extra days. But...
Because then you can get $17.50 at a yard sale for a few cents' worth of metal. And because a fake 1893-S will get a lot more scrutiny than a fake...
Very cool! Any hope of getting a transcription/translation of the blade inscriptions? I can't imagine Google's language tools would be quite up to...
Belief is important, but physics has a veto, and uses it.
What "level of wear"? It's a terrible fake. Half the poor bird's butt is gone. Wear doesn't remove device detail from recessed areas. I wouldn't...
I'm not a big Morgan fan; I don't like them as much as other silver coins. HOWEVER, I know that there are plenty of collectors who do, and I know...
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