Looks like you used vinegar on it? Sure brought out all the scratches without doing much for the date. 45 is a good a guess as any I suppose.
I'm confused by the "Anyone ever use Heritage Auctions?" question. Did you not purchase this item from a Heritage auction? If you did, the "make...
Just got this email. "As of today, you won’t be able to use American Express as a form of payment on eBay, and the American Express card that...
I don't see that much difference in the wear. The rim is gone much of the way around the reverse too. Possibly the date was clogged with grease...
That's what I recall as well. It appears to have happened around January 2019 https://www.cointalk.com/threads/rip-coinfacts.330643/. Not a good...
I don't know how they decide what to put on Coinfacts, but it's certainly not all of them. I own at least one with TV that isn't on there. I...
"Staind" is a rock band. Hard to get the reference when it's spelled wrong. I suspect the Made in China sticker was someone's idea of a joke or...
It's pretty slimy. Why else would you do that except to deceive people?
I think the OP is referring to the PCGS coin facts images, not photograde. I think using die cracks or other die marks can be useful in an...
This is the wrong way to get going in this hobby. You're just going to get sucked down the sewer of get rich from pocket change garbage and...
I'm curious what your motivation is. Seems like fresh wear on a 1500 year old coin is going to look weird.
https://www.ngccoin.com/coin-explorer/united-states/half-dollars/franklin-half-dollars-1948-1963/16704/1963-50c-pf/?des=pf It would have to be...
I just looked at a 1998 Stack's catalog I had saved off. Choice BU, Gem BU, but also "Choice to Gem Brilliant Uncirculated" which I guess is...
I have to go by likes per post, so I can feel good about myself.
The ANA adopted it in 1977. Apparently dealers started blending it with the adjective grades in the mid-70s. Like you, my earliest collection...
It looks like what happened when I used acetone on what I think was PVC damage. Before left, after right. I gave up trying this stuff on my own...
Pareidolia strikes deep Into your life, it will creep - Buffalo Springfield
Hmm, I saw that but to me the bigger problem is the white goo at 2:30 on the edge of the sundial, and a smaller bit of it at the center. Still not...
Another fun one, this time with the wreath of 1900-1901. [ATTACH]
My current favorite coin, has the wreath of 1892-1899. (Blemish is on the slab, which is obnoxious) [ATTACH]
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