Nailed it. The "cloth money bag!!" That's a dead giveaway! Ridiculous scheme. ah. Hmm... ..Now if the add-on was a bulk deal for some o'...
I also do not like to buy from China, Russia, or Eastern Europe (I'd add Portugal to that list), but If a buyer has a connection with a dealer...
Yeah, for buyers of "big money" coins, this is about all that you can do to protect yourself on eBay.
My guess is that eBay is making a simple business decision to not attend to each and every one of the fraudulent sellers/buyers that use their...
Hey, that's a potentially big problem with those more expensive sales...
I don't think that I would ask for a re-holdering. It would bother me, but not enough to have them re-do it. After all, the coin IS in the dang...
A mandrill?? Whoa. Try pickin' this fella up and using him to polish the fields. Good luck to you, sir. [ATTACH]
Ah, this is re-touching! Yeah... I kinda thought that this would be insanely labor-intensive. How easily I suspend disbelief... Good to know....
I was just wondering about PAST practices at the U.S. Mint, since I am writing about developments at the Korean Mint in the 1970s to 1980s. They...
So, they "become money" at the moment the "coiner" (person in charge on the coining room floor?) gives those huge bags of coins over to the person...
Well, I think we'd better these guys to knock it off: http://www.coinnews.net/2013/10/04/how-the-philadelphia-mint-polishes-dies-to-make-proof-coins/
Yeah, that makes sense, but I'm talkin' about "officially," as in when the gov't considers a coin to "become money" when it is calculated...
I'm not ignorin ya....
Oh! Now I have two versions of when a coins becomes money (at the US Mint): 1) at the moment it is struck 2) after inspection/release by "coiner"
Thanks! That was the "wet" method? And I'm guessing that they used taping and diamond paste grinding as a standard procedure with acid etching?
For these coins sent out from the Mint, Assay Office, Treasury: They are legal tender from the minute they are STRUCK at the mint, not when...
Oh, all right then. Here. You get a cookie. With frosting and sprinkles. Just take ONE now! [ATTACH]
So, sandblasting was the "dry etching" method before the laser? Okay then! Thanks! BTW, I'm surprised the tape stays put on the surface of the...
I am just wondering how frosting was applied to proof dies prior to the current laser application process. I learned about the pickling (acid)...
Okay, I'll change my guess: I'm going with longshot's guess: AU Details!!
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