If your goal is to learn how to remove corrosion like that so that the coin looks nice, you're going to be disappointed. The corrosion on the...
Artistic laziness.
No kidding. It's not like BTK was playing baseball, invoking some unwritten requirement to involve Costner. It's croquet, for Pete's sake! I...
Only peripherally coin related due to the Kagin's connection, but this is too cool not to share for those who haven't seen it. First the Saddle...
Item located in Greece, sold on ebay.de. I was speaking with a German collector this summer and he said that he avoids using ebay.de, since the...
Great write-up! It's a pity the museum employee couldn't draw the connection between the National Numismatic Collection and the new exhibit with...
Wow! Not every Treasurer has been able to parlay a political appointment into such a lucrative and prestigious consulting career.
Reasons for having the reverse forward include, but are not necessarily limited to: Attractive reverse toning. "Money side" of a major variety is...
The Effigy Mounds and the underwater turtle (if chosen) will be interesting to see from an execution standpoint.
If you're looking for nice MS63-64 Saints, you'll have to look at coins in hand to cull out the ones that aren't nice. Also, check out...
Go to eBay, then scroll to the bottom and click on "Site Map." You'll see the bidder blocking link near the top of the second column under the...
Probably just a rim bump.
In the mid 90s, for $25K or so, you could buy a slabbing service from ACG, which included the shells. They had ACG on them because they didn't...
The Smithsonian opened a new exhibit his summer for the National Numismatic Collection. After reading this article, I'd recommend visiting that....
Not sure how common a 36-S/S 5c is, but for some reason I'm getting the impression they're not particularly scarce. ;)
No way. An abrasive is an abrasive and will ruin the coin a lot quicker than a dip.
Dipping has a cumulative effect. Every time you dip, a little bit of the coin is stripped away. Where the toning is heavier, more of the coin is...
I think one of the big differences between US coinage many others is that there is never a correlation between a series of coins and a ruler. You...
My condolences to Larry and family.
Latest update: "I've been cut up, have chronic back pain, COPD and haven't slept more than an hour or two in the past four days. but the...
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