Oh c'mon, typos happen. Welcome to CoinTalk. Your picture isn't too clear, but it appears to be a die chip where a little bit of the die broke...
Really...why would they want to do that?
Sometimes you find proof coins in the wild...stolen collection or a mistake. These are referred to as "impaired" proofs since they will almost...
Best wishes someone tells you it is a 1916...
Perhaps @BadThad can enlighten us. The "green residue" isn't necessarily just residue, but could be verdigris (hmmm...Verdi-care) or so-called...
Place the coin on a white or black surface, put the phone on a box or some such holder so that it is at 90 degrees to the coin, adjust your...
No big...
They called in an "expert" who declared it genuine and said it was a $15,000 coin. The seller took $8,000.
Uh...no, nail polish remover is either acetone or ethyl acetate. Xylene would more likely be paint remover.
I'll tell the story again. Traveling by air to Florida this summer, I put an Athenian Owl and an Alexander tet into my carry-on. The TSA agent...
I graduated high school in 1963.
If acetone doesn't work, try xylene (xylol).
I was thinking broadstruck.
Just watched a Pawnstars program where a guy sells them an 1861 C $5 gold. What got me is when the seller mentions offhandedly "I probably...
...or could be the high school "gold penny" experiment... [ATTACH]
I have never found an IHC in the wilds.
If graded, it still might not sell for the cost of the grading.
How did the edges get squared off/squashed...the coin wasn't made that way.
Agree wholeheartedly and have said same.
Agree, nice coin, not worth grading. Start a book...
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