I've used all of the sites mentioned in this thread so far - they're all good ! The Fitzwilliam in particular as Philip Grierson had a LOT to do...
I actually have posted links to case law where others, who did the same thing he does with the '64 Peace, were successfully sued for...
The buying part is easy as there's lots and lots of dealers out there. The research part - not so much. Now don't get me wrong, there's a...
They ARE considered counterfeits by a whole lot of people ! Me among them. Very easily is how. The fact that they did exist at one time means...
Well, a lot of folks don't realize it but plastic itself is air permeable. Point is it doesn't have anything to do with molding it, no matter how...
You don't. Best you can do is put a desiccant pack in there with it - just like ya do with all other proper storage methods. They'll last quite...
You could try but I doubt acetone would have much if any effect at all. I can see that coin has a few spots of verdigris on it, and maybe some...
LOL ! I think @green18 is gonna beat us both to that :D
I strongly agree. As for your questions - Yes, but you probably won't like it. And yes, unless you do one of two things. The first thing has...
You don't have to "alter reality", all ya have to do is get the angles of the camera and lighting right. In other words, no photo-shopping or...
In this day and age a lot of folks make the same assumption. But, there are numerous mountains of information that is NOT available on the...
Depends on if it's the famous Wyatt Derp - or not :D [ATTACH]
You may not be able to find what you're looking for on the internet. Quite often one has to resort to books for information like you want. For...
I was never a collector of medals, but when I saw this one I just had to have it. Something about the design, the extreme relief - it just spoke...
As I said in my first post in this thread - In other words, other than the weight issue, I don't see anything that throws up a red flag. And...
Jim's comment wasn't specifically directed at you - it was directed at everybody ! And so is this comment of mine. I've removed several posts...
As has been explained by others, the coin didn't look like that when I bought it new. And yes, I carried that specific one in my pocket, with 4...
When you weigh coins, make sure you take tolerance levels into account. [ATTACH] By all means, check as many coins for weight loss due to wear...
No, not really. Ya see, coins don't lose any weight to speak of as a result of wear until they are worn to the point of being graded G or lower....
Won't matter, the secret police are ALWAYS watching - especially you ! :D 'Course they also sometimes do the things for you that you don't know...
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