It is pretty much impossible to mount a coin in jewelry setting and not damage the coin. Getting it out usually even causes more damage. Whatever...
Why not call or write the Carson City Mint Museum and ask them - http://www.visitcarsoncity.com/attractions/museums.php
You must have experienced a different decade than I did because in the '60s I remember cleaning was beyond commonplace.
I'd say 45, gettin so I'm scared to find out what they said.
Only thing I can suggest is to look closer because I can see it. I can see the re-cut C mint mark too.
If it was airtight the coin would not have toned to begin with.
Yeah, pretty much. They were known as jetons. Had been around for centuries and just about every country & ruler had them.
That is exactly what it is.
Only person I know of is Conder.
Don Willis - "Coins that are in Secure Plus holders are no more "locked into their grade" than coins in a regular holder." Don Willis - "if you...
No, but Doug will say that he has been dropping pennies on other pennies all morning long and I sure can't get one to make a mark like that....
I can see them now, sure could not see them before. Even with these better pics, only 1 of them shows that die break at the fraction mark, can't...
This is not true. PCGS says that coins can still be up-graded or downgraded. Their new system is to prevent coins that have already been graded...
A half reale is correct, it would be from the Guatemala mint.
connor, just as a heads up. If you haven't, you might want to remove that medal from the box for storage. The toning has reached the point that it...
charlottedude - All of the diagnostics I mentioned come direct from Doug Winter's book on Charlotte gold. Winter is considered to be THE...
Please explain to me how something curved, like a coin, makes a straight line cut of that length in another coin. It can't be done. I don't care...
That is only in the world of PCGS, the rest of the world recognizes damage for what it is and calls it that. It's really hard to say based on...
Dick - he was talking about Adrian of Annaconda Coins - not Aidan Work.
How about just a good picture of the coin now, a closeup with the slab cropped out. But show the whole coin.
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