Seems pretty obvious to me, all the chatter and the mottled surfaces of the fields. In my eyes, it drops the eye appeal to almost nothing. edit -...
Oddly enough, the beginning of the bull market in US coins began at the same time that the popularity of bullion coins began ascending. Bullion...
Kelly you've realized, noticed, something that a lot of collectors never realize, even after decades of collecting. That being that the type of...
First one that's taken this long, kinda surprised by that.
Go to this page - https://www.pcgs.com/prices/coin-index/pcgs3000 - scroll down, they're all right there. And they are ALL down, and still...
Hope you're sitting down :D - because I agree with you :wideyed: - on that count at least. Thing is I have to wonder if you'd agree with me -...
Ya need to pay close attention to the question -
Whatever and however typewriters came to be, I sure am glad that computers have pretty much replaced them. I say that because I wrote an entire...
LOL ! God Michael sometimes I just love your comments !
I like it ! Ya outdid yourself John ;)
Geeeez Larry ! It seems you haven't been asleep in class all these years after all :D
Guys, pretty sure you already have your answer. I'll leave it up to you folks to figure out which one it is :)
[IMG] A coin has 3 sides, in the pic we can only see one. The basic question was what can deduce from what we can see about how it got to be...
Well it's a start anyway. I say that because defining the difference between a variety and an error is probably the oldest and still on going...
From what you're describing, it's not something new, it's something quite old, and I believe it's the same thing as what was done to the coin...
Kelly I've been here longer than almost anybody - oh boy, shouldn't have said that, gonna regret it in the morning :rolleyes: Nonetheless it's...
I'd agree, but it was also done because some people simply liked the pretty colors - even back then.
Gotta admit Mike I'm enjoying reading these, good on ya ! :) Why I might even say I like it ! :woot:
You were on the right "track" but it's the wheels of a train that are shaped like that, not the track itself. The track is the exact opposite with...
But the coin you pictured in your post is not scratched - that's either a planchet flaw or a die crack, I suspect planchet flaw. The coin the OP...
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