Is the coin in the plastic that counts not the plastic itself. Honestly My favorite "slab" is probably the ACG Acugrade type. Is just a shame the...
As long as it is actualy 90% you well in the green :D Did a little color manipulation on my pic above. We'll see how close I came once it gets...
biggest home run also turns out to be my Favorite coin too. The story is here http://www.cointalk.com/t215411/ but simplified, bought it in front...
Mine is simple i have an Avatar I use at most forums... [ATTACH] But since everyone here uses a coin based avatar I went hunting, bought the coin...
opened US coins on e-bay and this auction had only 2m left so I watched it and couldn't pass it up. Got it for only $8.05 with free shipping so I...
$1 of silver would be about 1/2 a silver dime
This is a real tough choice but my Absolute favorite was easy. The runners up were a much tougher choice 2nd runner up 1991 10 rubles [ATTACH] 1st...
Hehe yeah was not really a candidate for conservation it was more trying to test the limits of VC. In this case I selected a coin that appeared to...
still nicer then an MS70 nickel :D
I like the vise and sawzall method myself, some of the coins even survived :D
If I have my numbers right it was 12 original in nickel copper 55 1st restrikes on copper (at which point the die cracked and was canceled) then...
went hunting for an 1861 IHC VF+ to replace the rather worn one in my album and came across this puppy. Since I have wanted one for awhile and the...
It works well for me, this way I usualy get 2-3 cents and a few other mid-level coins each month and put away a bit each month for the "special"...
got both of these for a total of $27 and am very happy with the price i paid on each. I may however upgrade the 1802 but for $10 I felt I couldn't...
Ok another silly thing i've been doing, each month I take a chance on a "fuzzy" pic buy from ebay for this month I found this nice 1896 morgan...
:D I have a few of the kennedys in the signature holders too, I was looking for more of those for my set when I found this one.
I have to agree here the polyurethane is even more likely to give off harmful gasses then the wood.
Couldn't pass this one up for a twenty :D May have to expand my $20 collection beyond cents hehe... [ATTACH][ATTACH]
Yup yup VF and very harshly cleaned
Seems the "maple leaf" used on the new 20 is not native to canada hehe http://money.msn.com/now/post.aspx?post=91d0300f-2237-42e3-9dde-47977e539a4c
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