You joined in the 1990's? How did you get number 1799? I joined in 1982 and I'm #1947. :)
When you actually see these "shipwreck effect" coins in hand you see the surfaces show evidence of corrosion, acid etching cleaning, and all of...
Believe it or not, that's NOT a cud.
1913 Keeling Cocos pieces have serial numbers.
Coin savings folders like that were very prevalent back in the 50's and early sixties (they can also be found both earlier and later but not as...
Better have some GOOD batteries to last over 140 years. And what would 140 years of seawater do to the electronics?
I have one reason for wanting to buy a chinese counterfeit. I'd like a tie tack made from the bust of a Draped bust half cent. (Maybe a set of...
Plating with silver typically (I believe) will NOT give you a mirror finish without polishing, and you will lose whatever contrast there might be...
Yes I did. It works out to 24 seconds per coin to pull it out of the box, scan the label, pull the coin out of the flip, grade the coin, put the...
Partial collar or tilted partial collar error. From the pictures I'm leaning toward tilted partial collar.
Blakesley effect is not foolproof. Genuine clips don't always show it and I have seen fake clips where the effect has been faked as well. As...
A plating heavy enough to remove the hairlines say from cleaning would also be heavy enough to wipe out the microscopic flowlines that produce the...
I have one comment, the discovery specimen of the 1806 O-129 half is holed (and maybe a FR-2). After it was identified it sold for over $6,000....
You mean all those countries that have gotten rid of their 1 cent equivalent coins don't have taxes!!!
I believe a 2006 Canadian 25 cent is plated steel. I think they switched over in 2001. But nickel IS magnetic
S-65 at least it was an R-1.
Not VSA, V5A or VAM 5A
Oh, one further comment. You will probably have better luck being chosen as part of the infusion program if you specialize in computer graphics,...
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