Whoa there, horsey. ;) Read that post a little more carefully. It clearly asks "which kind of damage", not "is this damage". I share your...
I've seen multiple reports here of full rolls (or even boxes) of 2018-P halves showing up at banks. Either collectors are giving up on them, or...
It plays into a certain popular mindset for a large subset of precious-metal enthusiasts. I've come across it fairly frequently, usually along...
On the bright side, posts are easier to edit than coin surfaces :) I agree with @paddyman98, I think the description makes sense.
I see a clear example of insert-button strike tripling on your post... ;)
They've been putting out clad proof sets that fall in price for the last fifty years.
Hmm. I think of "Constitutional silver" and "junk silver" as synonyms, just directed at different audiences or moods. I wouldn't use either term...
SSSHHHHH! Don't give them any ideas!
I will never consider AU Walkers "junk silver", whether or not they carry a numismatic premium.
Tin snips or the like. The obverse and reverse marks match. A garbage disposal just beats at things, rather than pinching them, I think. For a...
Well, I finally managed to get a glimpse this evening, although I didn't have the real camera along, just the new Samsung phone: [ATTACH]
@medoraman and @Oldhoopster, great supporting info!
Ooh, ooh, I'll sign up for that 1895-S giveaway! Something tells me you're going to be waiting a very, very long time to pick up a key-date...
I agree that the surfaces look dead, but I also think it's possible to make a good coin look like this with bad photography. To me, the toning...
Yes, but when did people stop spending them? Another member here has a twenty-cent piece that he received in circulation, toward the middle of...
They made their bed, they can pay for the fancy sheets. :rolleyes:
But it goes on to say that microbes in the environment and in the human gut turn elemental mercury into the forms that are highly toxic. On the...
Bah. I tried Sunday and Monday to photograph the triple near-conjunction of Jupiter, Saturn, and Mercury, but all I could capture was Jupiter. I...
And putting together a set of references that allows you to quantify that seems like a VERY interesting proposition.
I thought you were supposed to flag down a flying saucer to get one of those?
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