Turn the flash off, generally, set the lighting yourself, and see about rinsing coins and dabbing or blotting dry instead of wiping. On most...
First, get another scale that reads to 0.01 g. Second 3.3 on your scale could be anything from 3.26 to 3.34 and still read out as 3.3. The...
Actually it seems to me that grading up to MS60 isn't THAT hard (ignorance is bliss), but distinguishing all the MS grades is difficult!
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I have a couple of dozen, some are odd basement slabber types I have bought for as little as $0.25 just for fun. The latest was a 1923 Peace...
There have been coins pictured here that the poster thought had a mint mark on the edge, but were just damage. Let's see yours.
Depends on what you mean by "rating". If you are talking about the numerical value assigned by a TPG, toning shouldn't affect it until it gets to...
Don't worry about that, none of us can remove anything...
I would think that if you had an unopened box from the mint with a postmark containing the date, that would be sufficient. Anything more would not.
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I'm not a metallurgist either, I am an organic chemist. However the similarity and differences between metals and glasses I think has to do with...
Agree, but finding out about what a bad guy Lou was always taints this for me.
Boy!!! I could get zinged here...must restrain self...
Just to clarify, not my coin. Reposted a picture from the OP...#23
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Interesting about him dumping the nickels in rivers. I think a thread mentioned previously about MacArthur dumping early Philippines silver pesos...
Looking at this image [IMG] the delaminations around his face could definitely be caused by barriers between dissimilar materials which you would...
If you're selling, First is the seller, Second the buyer...if you're buying, First is the buyer, Second the Seller.
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