so...rub some more dirt on it? call it a "sand" patina
...or a retained lamination.
I think Abe blew his nose...:)
May I ask, waxed with what?
Do a search for "b-i-e" errors
OK, I'm not too good at this... [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Hmmm learned something.
Sorry, I thought they would be bigger.
I have never posted a GTG before due to two things, I don't have many slabs and I take TERRIBLE pictures. However I recently got this one and...
Being an LA (California) Geezer, I use this: [IMG]
move further away, stabilize your camera (or phone) and use photo software.
Good luck
No, but it might well be plated and the plating would have increased the weight. Are your scales correct?
I think he is referring to the gold tone that the coin has acquired. This happens sometimes on silver coins and is natural and not really uncommon.
Plaudits to ICG... do you think @Insider might have graded that one :)
Shhh, I don't either, but if I am corrected I will have learned something.
Wouldn't say that it "leads" to BD as much as say aids it.
Debates on slabbing a coin have waged for as many years as they have been slabbed. Increasing the value as far as appearance is debatable, but...
Thanks, and I should probably tag @Barry Murphy
I think that is Alexander's name, and I don't know how common a doubled die of this ancient coin is.
If it is MAD on both sides, I think that is called an off-center strike.
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