For all that COVID-19 is horrid and deadly, it's not (yet) on the same scale as the past flu pandemics. The 1968 flu pandemic killed 100,000 in...
Shiney is bad... The blanks were cut from sheets of zinc-plated steel. As a result on an original piece there is a tiny line of steel on the...
No... the mint does not sinter - sintering is pressing a metal powder into a mold and then heating it to create a solid. Typically the solid is...
Remember, at the time they receive the coin, all they know is that it's valued at what the submitter wrote or typed on the form. Then they...
I'll go damaged: bent & straightened
Bid more than the under-bidding-shrub
The ballistic bags are sent by the Mint to the Federal Reserve's contracted coin terminals who count, wrap, and distribute to banks and other...
Get a big monitor... put the Q photo on one side and the KG (Known Good) on the other. Zoom them both in about the same amount and just look back...
Here's a quarantine task for you... go over your bike, car or stove at the same level of magnification and let us know what you find...
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Both PCGS and NCG have online coin reference sections, which you should learn about and use - even if you aren't going to have the coins slabbed,...
The problem is YOU ARE NOT LISTENING to people with 50 years of experience. You've decide you are correct and nobody else's knowledge matters......
No... how would a quarter planchet gotten into the much smaller nickel coining chamber?
They might have taken a better shot of the coin before it was sent off to be slabbed and they wanted to put it in place of the usual drecky slab shot.
Apmex... listing # is 114212534441 I dropped them a note, they'll probably have it fixed shortly.
Males don't see dirt, it's an evolutionary biological imperative. I'm not sure how it applies here, but the way to wash a pot to female...
There is another tell... on the older ones, the green border on the reverse is micro-printed PCI PCI PCI PCI (2 point type, maybe)... On the...
And 54 miles if the crow walks
Sorry for taking so long to upload the slab image. It was sold as Tibet. The top line translates to "Xinjian Tiantin Silver Coin" [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
What about this one, can I sell it for $5000 on fleaBay: [ATTACH]
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