Acetone will remove any tape residue traces and will not hurt the coin. But From what I see the tape actually protected the coin from toning and...
If anything the silver today would probably be higher quality than the older silver. You would expect they could refine more of the trace...
I think I said that in posts #2 and #7.
Harper was trying to win a coining contract. He produced his own dies and planchets and demonstrated his coining ability to a committee of...
Don't sweat it, I rarely really get offended, and as a rule I don't stay offended. I can tell I came off kinda snarky in that last post as well,...
True you didn't say the picture was bad. You didn't say the picture was good. Your didn't say the coin was good. Your didn't say the coin was...
What do they tend to sell for? Is it high enough to justify having it slabbed and properly identified? This could easily cost $50 or more. And...
1825 C-1 R-3 does come with rotated reverse although 180 degrees may be a little extreme. It is NOT a high value coin.
I don't know what you are seeing. Everything seems to be matching up to be an 1811 C-2. Color looks a bit off, but I won't condemn it for that.
But if you can read the names of the states around the top of the Memorial you're really good. :)
You start with three ingots of metal, two of coppernickel and one of copper. Originally the ingots were bonded together explosively. They would...
I don't see any evidence of it being struck on spoiled cent stock, but that is the only thing I could think of that would account for the runaway...
You did see in that post of mine (From 2009) about the download that I then went on to say that it turned out to be only part IX and only 1/5th of...
I like this. Lets see, William the Conqueror pennies are known from several different mints and while they aren't cheap they are fairly...
What does the reverse look like? Similar? It looks to me like something has applied crushing force to the coin, not a dremel. Notice how even...
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When he dies I would expect there to be a period of time where they will be promoted and sell for inflated prices, how inflated I do not know....
She's right you know.
They are all SUPPOSED to have the up/down orientation. Every so often you will find a coin where one of the dies has rotated some. Coins with a...
You know they were saying the same thing about the Japanese about 20 years ago. They were buying up all kinds of real estate, buildings,...
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