Well @Morgandude11 you got yourself a whale of a GTG going. Congrats on rousing so much interest.
@AirborneReams , it doesn't matter if you use distilled or deionized water. In this application they are equivalent (you chemistry buffs out...
PMD can come from many sources and be of many types, sometimes on the same coin. I see evidence on your coin of the following types; 1)...
Acetone won't hurt it. The amount of time is dictated by how long it takes it takes to do the job. Try it for about 10 minutes and then see if...
AU-50 does a disservice to this coin. Sharpness is clearly mid to high AU. If they wanted to ding it for lower luster than a 55 should have,...
The echoes from the rim shot are fading, the audience is getting restless.
Definitely post-mint damage. For your enjoyment, here's my 1794 that I am sure was run over by a beer cart in the streets of Philadelphia. PMD...
I believe that the early Americans would rather quickly adjust to the technological advancements of our day. They would however, never adjust to...
AU-55. I don't see much luster and I almost went details. The obverse is kinda weakly struck, stars are mostly flat and the hair weakness is...
Thank you all for your thoughts. I am still inclined to think it a planchet flaw. BTW, it doesn't make any difference to me, either...
So here's a low-grade 1804 C-13 half cent. Very common one that I've had for a while but I've never been able to decide if the obverse flaw at...
No doubt smarter then me - he sleeps most of the time.
It's more European currency deflation. They've been charging retail and business customers for the privilege of parking their cash in their banks...
So those Smithsonian Gold Unions are being displayed in a "jewelry mount"?!? Isn't that what those hooks are? Just half tongue in cheek.
I was using Ed Fuhrman's new book on Draped Bust half Cents, going over my old attributions and adding die states, when my wife's new kitten...
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I said that I thought it was most likely an altered 1858 which if true would make it a "genuine" altered coin. But I said quite clearly that I do...
I would use auction records pretty much exclusively since there is no much price variation depending upon the die variety.
I believe your coin is a counterfeit. It does not show the re-punching of the 5 that is part of every genuine 1853 No Arrows and which shows on...
I've been burned by their deceptive photos on raw coins twice. Never again will I do business with them since the coins were clearly improperly...
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