This brings up a point I have been thinking about recently, too. A friend asked be to look at sets of Lincolns, Buffalo nickels, and Mercury dimes...
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It's impossible to say which of these is "newest". They both arrived in today's mail. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] The second one was an educated eBay...
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I would think ring lights would be terrible, but I have not tried it myself. The light coming from all angles would reduce the shadows on the...
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For no particular reason, here is a 1972 that I just rephotographed. Hard to believe it’s already 45 years old. [ATTACH]
@Kathryn D - You have come to the right place for unbiased opinions from people who have no vested interest in misleading you. If you can post...
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To me this is the quintessential coin to post on Thanksgiving. What could be more emblematic than a Buffalo Nickel? It was intended to honor the...
This is a companion to the 1920 I posted earlier. That one has a weak strike on one edge. This 1923 has a weak strike that affected the bottom...
Just for fun, I thought a head-to-head comparison with an MS63 would be informative. Too bad the holder is so scuffed up and obscures the reverse,...
This was 34.90. I posted it in the thread Let's see your newest acquisitions! (#21512) but I thought that picture was too dark. This is a prime...
In an AU58 holder, and even more golden looking than I captured here. I think it compares pretty favorably with the MS64 that @ToughCOINS posted...
This appears to have had a misaligned die that failed to strike the right side of the obverse. The rest of the strike is very nice, though. [ATTACH]
I think it was because of another purchaser who bought about $10K of copper, sent them to a TPG, and had them all come back as Questionable Color....
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