Well... At MS 65 it should be a $500.00 plus coin. NGC has the value at $800.00 and according to their website conservation costs 4% of their...
I wish I had the answer to that. It is stored the same as all my coins. I believe this odd toning had a small foothold when it was encapsulated....
I am happy I created this thread. Studied the links @lovecoinswalkingliberty offered. Found out my favorite and most trusted dealer was an...
I hadn’t even thought about that. In fact I didn’t know it was even an option. So then NGC has a conservation service?
I had a memory when I was a kid. I am certain I read a piece somewhere that the original owner of all five 1913 nickels had twelve of these pieces...
Another vote for #3
This Type I was graded MS65 by NGC. For all the magnificent toned coins I see in these threads, this piece is very unappealing and to my eyes is...
I been collecting coins almost fifty years. The beauty that lies in toned coins has been a recent development to my disease. To show you how...
See... This is the entirely unique and totally subjective part of coin collecting. While the last thing I would do is disagree with @spirityoda,...
To try to respond to your questions: First off, that is a bullion coin. The value is directly tied to the silver bullion spot price which...
I wonder... You suppose if Grandpa had this case sitting open for display on a nightstand for a period of time that the natural sunlight coming in...
Given some time, that will be a spectacular set. With me and my mindset I would go broke in a month trying to plug each hole. Hope you keep us...
Well... A date has been set. I'll be helping my buddy sort his dads collection Sunday afternoon. I'll report any exciting finds here.
That’s really attractive. And strongly appeals to the OCD in me. That seriously is attractive and practical too.
Well the fellow was a detecting buddy of mine. His hunting ground was Uber top-secret. He wasn’t a coin guy. His thing was buttons from...
I will do the copper wire test this weekend while my My is out of town to avoid.... Well... family issues...... I know what you mean about the...
Serious? This thread has been full of bad news for me. I got hundreds of pieces in those cheap vinyl flips. Coin in one side. Description & info...
Either a budding brilliant businessman. Or a hopeless math failure. Aaaannnd I am voting the latter.
Yeah... My intent was more along the lines of a procrastinating potential client that was placing an order when he got around to it..... Can’t...
One of my guys was searching for something back in the spider room (called that for a reason)... Found ten of these old wooden nickels I had made...
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