Hope the 1st one was the one you wanted to keep :D 'Course if I made a mistake, the line from the old Heart song - "he's got magic hands" - is...
They are not file marks, they are die polish lines and or die scratches. The ones basically parallel to each other are die polish lines, the ones...
OK, talked me into it. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Over a period of 15 years or so I carried a 1 oz AGE in my pocket every day. This one was the last of...
Well, after 3 years of silence, in a little over 24 hours the number of posts in this thread has more than doubled. I see that as being a very...
Pretty sure everybody's seen it and heard all about it a hundred times.
I've got one on my finger, though it is not just a standard band, that is almost a 100 years old. It was my grandfather's wedding ring. And it's...
How Important Is the Tactile Feel of Your Coins To You? To me, not important at all and never was. That said, I certainly do understand the...
It was a timing thing . When I opened the page and saw it you hadn't edited it yet.
If you can't already see where the wear is, me telling you where it is won't help you. But it's in many places on the devices and in the fields as...
Well, not once you realize that gold's not soft at all, it's actually pretty hard. The thing is, soft and hard are relative terms. And when it...
I appreciate you informing him of the forum rules, he's new and didn't know any better. But I would also appreciate it if members who do know...
Jason I'd point something else out too. Back when you started all of this you stated that the actual grade of the coin should be what the...
C'mon now - drop the high ones when warranted, nobody is gonna guess that's a 68 !
55 at best because it's got obvious wear all over the obv.
Boy I sure wish you'd add grades to your poll that go low enough to be what the coins actually grade. Instead of what some TPG says they grade :)
That I did not notice :oops: Doesn't much change anything though regarding it being original. Given where the tears are then I suspect an owner...
The dang thread police showed up too :D
See what I mean :rolleyes:
I don't think so. The obvious dimpled crosshatching pattern that obviously covered the entire surface of one side as seen here - (click on the...
Sure does to me. Some are, some aren't - so yeah it's normal. That depends on who's answering the question. What I mean is some folks like (as...
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