See my other response about forcing your camera to focus...BTW what are you using for pictures? Also notice how much nicer it is to post the Full...
@Cecelia Valverde focus is a problem for cameras that think they know better than us. Put the coins on something that has typeprint such as a...
There's a word for this guy...goniff
Hmmmmm...seems to have a good attitude, perhaps we should explain that having it sideways makes it more difficult to gauge the condition and features.
A story told here was one of our members was buying Morgans at a Gun Show and picked out half a dozen and had the dealer to hold them for him....
Key word...some. Then there are zinc and tin coins...
I was more freaked out about it until I tried to "clean" some "uncleaned" ancient coins. After that experience, I am a bit bolder (sometimes too...
Generally I can get a little-finger nail in and then use that advantage to get another fingernail in to pop it open. A few times I have resorted...
Sorry, I'm too busy on oak island. :)
On a side story, we decided to go down to Tijuana a few years ago. My wife wanted to find a particular piece of burnished pottery and I wanted to...
Bought a bag of foreign at a flea market and played with this one. It looked to have some verdigris so I thought I would see what an overnight...
Someone told me there is a nice one upstairs here...just say Jose sent you :)[ATTACH]
Have some fun, do some reading (Red Book of course for US issues), haunt CoinTalk, buy some cheap crap and see what grabs you.
If anyone on here does, PM me.
The hill on the right in the fake has a troll's face peeking out.:)
Could be early Turkish Ottoman. I have one that looks quite similar. 17% silver.
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But, but, but, they found it in Uncle Bob's attic and little Marcy started calling it Owlie before she had to go to the doctor and was...
It always frustrates me that there is nothing you can do to improve the appearance of these coins.
Yeah, it was at a swap meet and the dealer sold it to me at melt. After I got home and it clicked to a magnet I gave him a call and he said he...
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