To be fair, it doesn't say Barber. Don't judge an individual by the company it keeps. ;) Doesn't Whitman still sell general...
Those would be halves, and that's quite a starter set. (A 1901-S quarter would buy the whole set several times over, though.) That 1908-O looks...
My impression is that these photos are overexposed, and sellers frequently use that to hide the signs of cleaning. Hairlines in the fields mostly...
I'm pretty sure he meant "gold coins that got a bean", not "coins that got a gold bean". Although he might well have some gold coins with gold...
It's unlikely to do anything. That looks like terminal toning, which is a black layer of silver sulfide, which won't come off without dipping (or...
Those missing horizontal components on letters are a classic tell for low-end fakes.
Looks promising, although I can't tell from those photos whether it's been cleaned -- it almost seems like there are signs of hairlines on the...
I love the holograms. "We'll say it's genuine, but we won't say who we are." But yes, the thing in the slab genuinely exists, just like the...
Getting blocked by their paywall when I try to scan it in a private window (so I don't accidentally use up whatever free-article quota they see...
I did, but not in chemistry class. This isn't my story, but I did independently verify each of the "acts upon" observations at various points in...
The coin in question is the thin one on top. It's been etched by acid -- that preserves detail, but makes the coin thinner and eats away from the rim.
I'm surprised it circulated enough to sustain THIS much wear. I see what looks like a good bit of wear on the ribbon and hair high points, but...
Yep. A friend brought seven or eight metal cans of coins for me to look through. Her father had stashed them in the walls of his house. They...
I was really thinking it looked more like a 1, but after checking images, I see that the 1871 had its date curved (maintaining a constant distance...
It's easy, really. Just find 200 piles of cent bags as large as the one pictured. Always be careful to check in any abandoned warehouses or cave...
Yep, I wasn't paying close enough attention. :oops:
Yeah, I've seen these sealing-machine-damage examples show up in numerous threads here, although I don't remember for sure whether I've seen it...
Second from left: bike chain link?
Our local shows are still holding up okay. It helps that the "mineral" shows (mostly crystal-magic and jewelry, charges for admission, no thanks)...
It was still broken yesterday, but looks like it's back in working order this morning. Phew.
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