Strike. Luster. Wear. Eye Appeal. Surface Preservation. If you understand these 5 basic building blocks, you will be able to grade any coin. In...
There is now a "Post your Dan Carr here and nowhere else" thread, and the anti-Carrs like me just don't go there. The rest of them can worship him...
I'll give this thread a few hours for the mods to shut it down. @ToughCOINS @chrisild @desertgem If they don't, I'll jump in.
That's actually a really good question. There is no time limit involved, because unless you've been tracking the coin since it was minted, you...
Are these usually weakly struck? The strike on this seems quite uneven. Not being terribly familiar with these, there seems to be some wear on...
Were these coins commonly found in bags? That's not the look I associate with bag toning (I'm more familiar with bag-toned Morgans), but these are...
This thread is going to go downhill really fast. Mods, you should probably just lock it now. Fair warning......
Is it fake? Or has it just been so harshly cleaned that it looks really weird? This seems to have been erasered, or something similarly atrocious....
I'm late, but I was going to guess: A: 64 B: 65+ The speckled obverse toning of the second one isn't terribly attractive, and knocked it out of...
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The only people that care about the silver to gold ratio are marketers that want you to believe their hype and buy their product. The so-called...
I really, really hate when shows charge an entry fee. Show sponsors should cover some of the cost. Table fees should cover the rest. If those...
That was a really interesting description of your show. Thanks for posting, even if you didn't show every single bite you took and glass of wine...
I think there are a lot of lines on the obverse of the coin which may be interpreted as cleaning. However, I do think they are die polish lines....
I'll take it a step further: that site is not useful. Any beginner with questions should post here. Anyone wanting more information should be...
I am leaning towards either Celtic or a complete forgery. You'll get more help if you post in the "ancient coins" forum.
If they were in a bag in a safe, I wonder if they had much seawater damage? I absolutely despise coins with the so-called "shipwreck effect" -...
That is a really good picture of that Columbian. Well lit, well focused, well presented.... I'm having a really hard time finding something major...
I recently finished the first season on Netflix. I enjoyed it, so I'll probably watch more. Isn't that how it always is? Name me a TV episode...
Here's the Coneca file with closeups. I guess the spike at the top of the D is a clear marker:...
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