Amazing! Congrats, Doug and Darek! [ATTACH]
Alrighty then... This will certainly pique some interest among the "micro graders" among us.
I wish I had one of those hand-held XRFs laying around when issues like this arise...
No, but I gotta see this!
THERE's the answer! Thanks. "Thiourea" sounds like a really scary chemical, kind of like "Thalidomide." I like the sound of E-Zest better... I...
Okay. To what "dip" are you referring?
Really? What is questionable about the color? Looks NT to me.
I don't think that I've seen, or even heard of, this kind of PMD with some other countries' Mint products. I would love to come across something...
Oh, so it was damaged by the packaging machine? Lots of force used to make that scratch and mush down the rim. Interesting to see.
Yes, I think it's about the "average condition" of the extant examples of those coins, as well as mintages that seems to drive collector prices....
From the text of the ruling: 'Not surprisingly, the jury in this case heard no testimony from anyone who was actually present at the Mint when the...
Fabulous article! I'm glad it's featured. Reminds me of the article, "Early Spain enriched with Islamic coins" written by Bob Reis and...
Dude, you put a lot of other collectors to shame with just how serious you are with your type collecting! [ATTACH] Thanks for sharing! I know...
I'll try to hit the Bloomington, MN show.
Nice! Flying dragons that play with flaming balls are almost always attractive designs on East Asian coins.
I also like the article. The ANA... The most interesting aspect of this topic of discussion, in my opinion, is what the ANA thinks of the...
Ouch! Still a sweet counter marked coin!
...Said the guy who harshly cleaned this perfectly good coin with a rare "specimen" counter stamp. I hate when this happens. [ATTACH] It...
Got an answer from NGC: THEY ARE CHANGING THEIR DESCRIPTIONS OF VARIETIES! Check this out: __________________________________________________...
What's the "baseline" condition of this set? XF? Or did you just fill it with the best examples you could find?
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