Looks good to me. Note that 180 degrees from the clip, there is a weakness in the coin. This is called the Blakesley Effect. Not always...
I don't think so, but wait for others to chime in. I wouldn't want to spoil your retirement :)
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I don't get anything when I search that.
Interestingly enough, I was talking with a friend telling him that I bought an 1836 bust half. He looked it up in his 2020 Red Book and I looked...
Not even sure HOW I quoted you both...
yes...actually AFAIK arcs occur if there are pointy things on the object being nuked. However, microwave ovens are weird things.
Crappy Zincoln, plating problems...
Yeah, I would have the coins under water...
Water under pressure can be interesting, I read once about one of the mini-subs investigating the "black smokers" under great depths of ocean when...
Actually people here all get along well, it helps to have a sense of humor.
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Sounds like good questions for a Google search. My thought is primarily for copper/bronze coins with a rough, uneven surface and signs of porosity.
Let me elaborate...did you buy these already slabbed or did you have them slabbed yourself. I was just wondering what set of circumstances would...
Actually people here complain a fair amount, it helps to have a slightly thicker skin.
In 1986 the mint started "single-squeeze hubbing" which eliminated the traditional "doubled-dies" we know and love. There is still something...
@Jimm it might be worth your time to buy a Red Book, get a used one, cheaper, and the prices are moderately useless although they give you an...
If you really don't know, it is just someone who comes onto a site to argue and cause trouble with nothing much in mind other than to irritate...
Yup, but they still bring big bucks...for now
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