The whole thing looks coated to me. Once the webbing strip is smashed into the coin to make one single unit, then run through the coating process,...
I have to disagree with everyone except @Mountain Man . The shape of the overlay is obviously a bit of scrap from the planchet strip. Here’s what...
Thanks for the kind words. I went to your web site a couple of weeks ago and I was blown away. The TrueView is glamorous. There is a prior...
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I couldn't resist getting another 1910-S Lincoln. The seller called it "1910-S Lincoln Cent - Better Date - Sharp Looking Brn AU+ Coin". This was...
1970-S Small Date at the top, Large Date at the bottom. For diagrams and diagnostics, you can see their previous posts, #4013 and #4014....
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Just arrived - at a reasonable price for an MS64-65: $18.43. However, I would pay a premium for the toning, if I needed to. This is from a...
The neural nets look for correlations. They really aren’t very bright. But the more data they have the deeper the correlations that can be found....
Leave it as is. After you gather a few hundred more you can revisit this one.
1967 business strike and 1967 SMS for comparison. I still think the SMS is very close to a proof, except for using an unpolished planchet....
Well, I do like some luster. But for $4.50 it’s hard to say no to that coin. It is one of my very few worn coins.
This 1964 business strike is starting to develop orange toning that, combined with the radiant luster, makes to coin just gorgeous in hand....
[ATTACH] Not sure if this one fits the bill, but there is green, it’s along the rim, and uneven.
I have often wondered how the wholesale market works. There is a premium each time the coin changes hands, yet its end value never changes....
While taking it out of the 2x2 certainly helped, and the better camera was significant, the real difference was certainly the skill of the...
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