Quick point: CoinWEEK is not CoinWorld ;) Not sure if you can edit it, or maybe a mod can. Either way, that article is full of excellent...
These look cool. What were they used for, because they obviously circulated? Were these similar to hard times tokens, in that they were...
Oh, that's too bad!
You can find these for $35-$50 without prooflike qualities, although I paid a bit more for it because of the semi-prooflike nature. This is well...
Ah, yes, that makes a lot more sense. I was really confused for a minute. And, your after results show some pretty good improvement. Looks like...
I think you goofed on your obverse pictures.... You show the same obverse twice as the after, but no before of it. And the other obverse you...
If you're interested, Roger Burdette wrote a fascinating book about all the troubles they had coming up with the war issues:...
I bought it for the semi-prooflike quality, which is extremely rare in Wheat Cents. I've now added it to my PL Registry set.
Apparently, I bought this coin a year and a half ago. I had no idea I owned it until I was cleaning out a cabinet and found it. I had to search...
I get why they call them PL. They have reflective fields like proofs but they aren't proofs. PL is the term used by many mints, and many...
Good instinct. That poor coin has been through unspeakable horrors. Absolutely avoid any that look like this!
Yes, the reverse shows a lamination error. It is extremely common on war nickels, as they were struggling with the alloy. And yes, the obverse...
I know which coin in the Heritage FUN Auction I *want* to be my first coin purchase. Whether it will or not remains to be seen.
The OP is not the seller. The seller is a very well known Ebayer with a strong following (he's quite active on the PCGS forum, if I recall).
I find that coin distinctly unattractive. But, we've discussed this seller a couple of times recently. He has a very strong customer base and...
I distinctly remember about ten years ago being at FUN in Orlando and it snowed. That was miserable.
I'm pretty sure it's tobacco they're talking about there, and not weed. But still funny! @johnmilton Do these normally come in PL condition? Is...
It very well might have been SP66 when the person cracked it. But, then they applied some chemicals to artificially tone it. Now, it would be...
I had noticed a sharp uptick in the number of Hungarian coins that come across my PL searches. I actively avoid buying intentionally produced PL's...
They called that a VF-20? Wow. Canadian standards must be quite a bit tougher than US - I'd have guessed EF-40 on that.
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