Well, the scratch for one thing. It looks to have been harshly cleaned for another. But more than anything else the date is unreadable. They will...
If you are collecting with the idea of making a profit - don't. There are many, many reasons for this and they have been discussed countless times...
I don't see any way that coin would get into a regular slab.
Guys - I think the point that both of you are missing, and thus your disagreement, is this. Bag toned Morgans do look like that, and bag toned...
You can probably get a pretty good idea of what dates would be known for a good strike for many of the denominations by using this as a starting...
Read this thread - http://www.cointalk.com/t165916/
Yes Pillar dollars were silver, but escudos were gold.
It is a fake (copy) of a Spanish colonial 8 escudos.
It's not a glitch, the thread has been edited by the mods.
Smal problem with your scenario Keeper, silver is removed whenever toning is removed. It can be no other way because toning is not a color that...
I was going to stay out of this, and will probably yet wish I had, but anyway. Never have I seen a group of people who consistently try to...
Fair enough, I've seen more than a few myself. Well that's the thing with coins that have the mirrored fields like a Proof coin does. Take a...
I'm inclined to agree, with both comments.
Sure doesn't look like die polish lines to me. Looks like a coin that was harshly cleaned.
Without gloves you stand the risk of fingerprints. With gloves you stand the risk of dropping the coin because face it, you have much less...
Ya know, given the title of this thread - Eyes Wide Open - perhaps it might be a good to do just that, keep your eyes wide open ! Don't know about...
This picture here - http://www.cointalk.com/attachments/117877d1301802847-img_0165.jpg - is the most important of the lot. It plainly shows that...
#2 is the most flattering to the coin, but #5 would be the one I would want to see if I were considering buying the coin as I think it probably...
The info on the Sample Slabs site explains most of it. The reason you don't see many of them is because they are over 20 years old and those slabs...
What planet you been living on Peter ? What's got 'em up in arms is that these silver rounds were being sold and being used in commerce as...
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