It's not numismatic, but two not-to-be-missed things in Rome are the Pantheon and the Galleria Borghese. The latter is an art museum with the...
Hi Brett, I'll try to make it. Would really like to see your set. Cal
As far as auctions go, I think Heritage's goal is to move consignor's coins to auction as fast as possible. If multiples of the same coin appear...
Agree, it's hard to beat Excel or a compatible unless you have thousands of coins, then a database program may be better. There is plenty of...
Looks like clad sheeting being fed into punch. Want a job at the mint? Then you gotta be able to lift one of those rolls, seen at left on to the...
The current Legend internet auction (closes tomorrow) has several unopened GSA boxes up for bid. Each contains one Morgan ... mint is almost...
Don't know. I guess the submitter didn't want to pay for variety attribution. :) Cal
[ATTACH] PCGS MS66DMPL, CAC green [ATTACH]
Only DMPL I've tried to cross was an '83CC Morgan. Crossed from NGC to PCGS and later got a green bean. Have never tried submitting a raw coin...
To strike an image on a sanding disk of the type shown by the OP, a high-speed, high-powered press wouldn't be needed. A reverse die, an ASE, and...
........ Not in my living room ..... not unless I want to sleep there too ..... :( Wouldn't you need a pair of incuse, reversed-image dies to...
My wife and I will be touristing in DC in a couple of weeks. Mostly will do museum-hopping including the National Numismatic Collection. Will...
Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary, Over many a quaint and curious volume of coining lore, While I nodded, nearly...
Probably made deliberately in quantity by a mint employee. Would go through the exit metal detector without setting it off. Should they be...
Their was also a fire. So add in heat, then being sprayed with water and maybe fire suppressants. Emergency equipment rolling over them, spilled...
Actually occurred in a construction zone south of Wilmington, DE. Walking there isn't advisable either. Some blanks probably made it into the...
My thought is they can't helped but be influenced. I remember a couple of years ago asking a NGC official at a show if the grades on PCGS slabs...
Amazing find. I need to start looking in the register drawer when I shop. A little surprising that if the clerk accepted them for payment, they...
I was only illustrating the big variation in transit time. A I was only illustrating the variation in transit times. As you correctly point out,...
All it takes is a little hiccup in a router between the sniping site and eBay (and there could be dozens of routers between the sites). By the...
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