Jasper Johns did that. Sold a painting of an American flag all in white. White stars on a white field with white and white stripes. Went for...
The 1000 mohur was stuck by Jahangir (1605 - 1627) Mughal ruler of India. Until it turned up in 1987 it was only known to have existed from...
Pic 1 with the "metal or hole" over the leters looks like plating breaks. Those happen when the outward movemnet of the planchet during th strike...
The question is, is it cheap? Which D/S is it? There are something like 12 differe D/S reverse dies. One of them is very strong and costly, the...
I'll buy that, it would be at the high end of the weight range. The copper plating weighs about .05 grams so since a regular cent averages...
Nice Conder token, too bad about the hole
That "First year of issue" designation came out a year or two ago. It didn't go over big and I don't know if they will still use it or not. Most...
Wheter or not the TPG will give a First Strike/Early Release designation to a coin still in the unopened box, with an early postmark varies...
But NOT the highest ever bid on a coin. That record is held by an Indian 1000 Muhur gold piece. It was bid to $8,000,000 but did not make the...
The MINT distributes to the Federal Reserve Banks. How and whre they go from there depend on what area is ordering coins and what the Fed happens...
First turn off the flash on the camera and use the lights to provide the lighting. The milk jug suggestion is to use the jug as a diffuser so the...
Not a good clue since a regular cent is supposed to weigh 2.50 grams +/- .11 grams. With that much of a tolerance allowance even an unplated...
As the shrunken coins are crushed by the magnetic field they are made much thicker but they normally take on a "doughnut" appearance with the...
The coin in the OP is a novelty piece not one of the shrunken quarters.
Start taking lumps.
I don't see anything that would make me think it isn't an S-224
Except you also have to get a GSA holder that's been broken open and be able to seal it up so it doesn't show. Usually they don't crack open that...
The problem is HSN is cable and not broadcast. So it doesn't use "the public airwaves" and is not considered to be "national television".
One suggestion, a second light source, and use a diffuser to eliminate the overpowering bright spot.
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