Can you post a photo of the whole coin for each one, especially the third one?
The local pawn shop has bags of 20 Roosies or Mercs for something like $58 each. I have a coupon for $20 off one purchase, but I'm still going to...
Interesting! I see pitting on the arm in the last photo -- I'm wondering if we're seeing some kind of post-mint damage, but I don't know what it...
You're sounding kinda young there... ;)
I know Buffalo nickels were still "in circulation" decades after 1938, but I would guess that once the Jeffersons started showing up, people...
I would assume that the residue left on the planchet chemically attacked the surface over time, leaving damage that can't be washed away. It's...
I guess any broader strike would tend to produce gaps in the zinc coating on the coin faces, and those would become targets for corrosion --...
Sounds like an opening for someone to start assigning "grades" higher than 70. :troll: Maybe one day scanning XRF machines will be cheap and...
Stocks are ON SALE. If you buy anything when the price is high and sell it when the price is low, you aren't going to make out very well. If...
People must think I'm a fun guy, because they keep me in the dark and feed me... well, you know.
Well, duh. Someone disagreed with Kurt. ;)
I copied and pasted the text, then selected it and set the font to Courier New, which has all the letters the same width. [ATTACH]
That was a worthwhile (re-)read, but I wish we'd gotten an official result on the coin's authenticity.
I think I remember a thread or two like that, and I might even have posted on it, but I guess that doesn't narrow things down much at all. :oops:
Let's see if this works better... :) P T M O S U N A J F S X A P R I I T P O T S S U O N U J O H N I Z I A G I E L R V N V S E D L L E P M Y R P...
In my sophomore year, Virginia Tech was still the informal name for Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, but it was taking over....
I taped this off sometime in 1982. Nine years to go, I guess. [ATTACH]
I'm guessing the coin guy in question can justify spending $30 for an acid test kit but not $20K for an XRF. :)
Is this a variety? Numismedia FMV shows it at $35. Were you maybe looking at the row for 1901-S, or the column for F12? Or am I the one who's...
I love it!
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