This is supposed to once again revolutionize the coin industry??
A nice long soak in nitric acid is your only hope, but like Dutchman said you will probably we left with a depression where the solder was. But...
I came up with a figure pretty close to what bqcoins did. I came up with $280 wholesale.
And if you only included TPG's that slabbed then it was between ACG and PCI. And at the time ACG was the more respected of the two. Believe it...
Wrong, the die chipping COULD cause what we are seeing, raised solid irregular lumps.
Overstrike is the term for the coin or what has been done. Undertype refers to the image traces of the first striking. An Overstrike may or may...
The US mint has not made coins or planchets for other countries since 1984 with the exception of the 1000 Kr coins for Iceland that were issued in...
I don't remember the details because I've never used them but I have seen other ebay auctions that had "lay-a-way" arrangements. As far as I know...
What I would like to see is one of the original $5 bags. When the Mint first started distributing the FE cents it was from a temporary building...
Collar clash. The portion of the die that forms the top flat area of the rim has hit the edge of the collar and it has left those clashmarks of...
Not if there's an afterlife. :)
A grease filled die causes doubling on the ear??? The ear is definitely doubled but I can't tell from the image if it is hub doubling or MDD. It...
And confusion reigns. What Phil described and called Premier sets was actually the Prestige sets. And then when he said "and usually the lowest...
Personally I would think undertype would have a different meaning. An undertype would (or should) mean traces of the design of a coin created by...
I'm not familiar with the first one, but I'm sure I have seen the plates somewhere. I have a copy of the second one in my library
I'm not too sure what their current status is. I haven't seen much from them recently but from what I've been told they are mainly slabbing...
Yes I suppose I shall never know the thrill of watching "Drive fast, turn left." On the other hand, I think that is probably a blessing.
As Duke said there is a lot more to the Redbook than the prices. I tend to think I am a fairly advanced collector, but I still refer to the...
That will USUALLY work, but some of the countries, at various time used a SOLAR year calender that does not require subtracting the 3% before...
And PCI before that, and SEGS before that, and PCI before that! (The signature series idea goes back to about 1992. Even further if you include...
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