Rick obviously has a knack for cherrypicking, and for picking deserving recipients of largesse. Great story!
Me: "...and here's the last cent to make up my total." Merchant: "I'll need to charge you another cent for that." Me: "Cool, give me my nickel"
Okay. My attention has mostly been focused on the sulfide-based AT, since it doesn't come off in solvent and can't be distinguished by any...
I know that there are things you can layer onto a coin to change its color, but my impression was that the AT most people are worried about is...
Three fourth-graders? Well, that explains a lot!
That looks like a fine COBOL or RPG report, and it may well be from a program that was written in the 1960s when $500s still circulated. :rolleyes:
As with many other things, Larry Niven thought of it first: The Roentgen Standard! Zincolns aren't quite as toxic as nuclear waste, but they are...
Flow marks aren't all radial. If coins were made by putting a metal ball into a press, they might be. But when you strike an upset planchet, metal...
Yeah, my right ear's had all the bad luck. A backfiring vehicle knocked it back when I was in college, and a hard collision knocked it back...
On the bright side, you're probably still able to hear other sounds.
My best guess would be the patch rising from the date, spreading across the 9 and 3 and oriented in a 7 o'clock to 1 o'clock direction. But that's...
Surely those are flow marks, large and prominent as expected on a reverse die this worn...?
So is that a die chip or die crack? Well-known variety, or just another minor error?
Some of the mint packaging looks nice, some not so much. But many people have reported that leaving coins in mint packaging (especially the...
Yeah, I get hopelessly bored with piles of shiny 1964 halves/quarters/dimes, but they do generally have their full weight. Older coins don't,...
As an unreconstructed technical-grading fan, I can't say that I like the idea of this, but it does seem more plausible than the other ideas we've...
The only silver I've bought in a long time is (a) silver I find below melt or (b) cherry-picking attempts. If I see, say, a lot of Barber dimes...
Yep, there was certainly a greater fool this time around. Will there be another, though? Do I hear 69?
Interesting question, but I've been led to believe that there isn't any luster under the copper layer -- that the flow lines don't get impressed...
Conversely, as grades inflate, the honestly graded equivalent specimens (that haven't yet been run through the resubmission mill) will tend to get...
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