MS Peace dollars as a whole have very different luster from Morgan dollars. I think @desertgem posted photomicrographs in an old thread showing...
In the early days of computer graphics, when memory was still terribly expensive, people would try to use as little of it as possible to store an...
Paging @GDJMSP with his AGE pocket piece. No guarantees that any of this wear happened during the Depression -- it could be a problem piece that...
From its MSDS, I.D. Red would be equally harmless -- it's hydrocarbons with 5-10% isopropyl alcohol. More toxic than acetone, though, to be sure....
I think of a magician's coin as one where someone combined faces from two different genuine coins. I sure hope no one machined away the reverses...
Welcome to CoinTalk! It looks like you're using a USB microscope for your photos. Is there a way for you to back it further away from the coin so...
Does the store have a return policy? I know the pawn shop I occasionally visit advertises 30-days no-questions-asked returns. (They had what...
It's making up some ground today -- up 2 1/4% to gold's 1%. Our old "friend" "g*ldcollector" must be gnashing his teeth right now at being unable...
Interesting that COPY is in relief, rather than incuse. That means you could just grind it off! (And then you'd have a damaged crude fake.) Is it...
Ditto this, especially since the first poster never returned. You've got me curious. And again, welcome to CoinTalk!
Dad was born in 1928, and he's still kicking too, but we have to yell at him if he tries to do it without his walker.
After viewing the auction, I see they at least knew enough to think it was struck through something. Heck, you both won -- they got $10 (minus...
My take, based on varying degrees of personal experience -- it's quite possible he'd like it. It's also possible that he'd have zero interest....
Haven't seen any yet (and I'm probably still missing a few 2023 quarters), but I've been really, really short on cash transactions so far this...
That's a WOW! Did the seller have any idea what it was?
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Blasted mutt. Fine, here: [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
From the sublime to, well, this: [IMG] Yup, that's an S.
Yep, the rest of it has been dissolved away. Edit to add: Welcome to CoinTalk! Paying attention to your change is a good first step... :)
Oh, I lived that dream/nightmare for a couple of years. I spent more time camping on eBay's new BIN listings, though. I eventually decided it was...
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