Actually the focus on that coin is fine. The reason that coin doesn't look better is because it has been taken at a an acute angle. Most people...
The PCGS and NGC slabs are also snappable. It is just that they go the extra step to seal them with a sonic welder. You can also use a sonic...
Tin is NOT magnetic. The only three common metals that are magnetic are iron, nickel, and cobalt. There are also various alloys that are magnetic.
A lot of eBay sellers misrepresent these as being Dutch West Indies coins that were used in New York and call them New York pennies. These were...
No in the Heritage terms of sale So if you are buying raw and you are submitting it and the TPG doesn't agree tough. If you think you MIGHT be...
I checked the T&C of a couple other english auction houses and that does appear to be fairly standard. That is not the case with US auction...
You say your not going to move that much by hand, and then proceed to give an example where you did. OK maybe it wasn't quite 43 tons but it is...
Capped at $100, thanks. What is the cap for BIN if any? I still suspect he would make more paying the fees.
If you "may have bid more than your max bid, then your max bid wasn't your max bid. The bid your max bid and forget it win or lose does mean that...
Is it strongly attracted to a magnet jumps to the magnet) or weakly attracted 9you can tell there is an attraction, or a strong magnet barely will...
You could, but the buyer could possibly get it removed since it violates ebay rules. When they made the rule that sellers could not leave...
I find that most people like that have something in their descriptions that is common to all or at least most of their descriptions. If you can...
Two more toughies in the nickel three cent that Davidh didn't mention are the 1877 and 78 proof only issues. You can toss the 1879 in with the...
There are several countries that keep their currency at par with the US dollar. Then there is Ecuador which adopted the US dollar as their...
You might be surprised. It all depends on the quality of the hinge bearings.
The three cent silver is a nice set and has some low mintages before 1863 After 1862 few of the business strike coins were ever released for...
This surprises you? It should be expected. The hype is over and they ARE very common coins in almost all grades. As the dealer said he has...
I stand corrected. I thought the law specified the denominations for the platinum like it does for the gold and silver. I was wrong, sorry.
I think Hobo means that he didn't start THIS thread. Yet it shows his ID in the OP.
Everything, no of course not. Some things? Sure some things aren't true.
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