Wow, and I thought I was treading the line on trolling...
Yeah, I didn't want to trigger you there. :rolleyes: But I figure the risk of mentioning the "penny" thing when talking to you about the Mint is...
Or one that's suffered extensive surface damage due to improper storage? Causing visually prominent corrosion over a large portion of its surface?...
I don't know whether that package is a legitimate US Mint product, but given that they routinely refer to cents as "pennies" in their descriptions...
Lemme turn this around a bit. If Benjamin Franklin had made up a metal punch bearing his name, and used it to punch his name into coins going...
Huh. I would've said "circulation". ;)
So, that white haze that's so common on modern US proof dollars, and that's already prominent in the OP's photo -- reaction with Mint packaging...
1890 commemorative? ;)
I'd really like to get a high-dynamic-range monitor (more than 8 bits per color per pixel) for photos. Problem is, I don't think it's especially...
All a matter of taste, I suppose. [IMG]
The entire face's texture -- cheeks, neck, everything -- just looks wrong to me. I don't know what it does look like, but it doesn't look like a...
Yep, and it still seems like a shame to me. I don't think any future system we get will be as reliable as properly-maintained Bell System copper...
Nope, not changing my opinion of reverse proofs. And with good close-up shots like this, that laser frosting reminds me even more of a 1970s...
You should take in some problem examples and see what their buy price is. I expect pawn shops to do a 100% markup on silver coins (i.e. buy at...
Don't let me stop you!
I knew all the physics, optics, perceptual psychology, the works -- and I still found myself getting seriously mentally off-kilter as totality...
Find the right tarnish fetishist and I'll bet $100 is a good starting bid. And that's without even looking for VAMs.
And even more if it were struck through a fragment of unicorn horn, no doubt. :rolleyes: To look at it another way: value isn't just proportional...
Yup. :) It's been months and months since my regular pawn shop has had anything worthwhile. But after that one time that I found a batch of G-F...
When an audience can't understand what they write, some people decide that it's a problem with their audience. This often isn't a good recipe for...
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