I agree 100% with the TPG regarding the color.
A lot of the time you'll see sets like called or labeled as Mint Sets, but they aren't. 99% of the time they are just coins picked out and put in...
Watch for sales at your local gun and sporting goods stores. I managed to get a Liberty Centurion for less than $500.
Tell ya what, take a camera instead of your wallet. Find a coin or 3 that you like, take pics, come back here and post those pics with asking...
Yup, it's true. Concrete never really stops curing, or drying out. But most of it is over after 30 days. No matter what you do, the rules of...
Not so sure about that either. There are too many people in Europe that I help with their collections that get offered the same crap we do here in...
Yup, done that too.
Harder yes. But are you going to refuse to go the bank and get your coins and/or cash if somebody is holding a gun to your kid's head ? There's...
When it comes to color alone - yes. The benefit of the process now used by PCGS to detect other forms of doctoring though is exemplary.
I've seen it happen from all over Europe, Eastern Europe, Western Europe - doesn't really matter. Simply put they have different ideas about what...
Looks like an ordinary cent to me. Toning and reaction to all kinds of things can make cents turn all sorts of colors. And if you pried that...
I've built everything from Safe/Refuge Rooms to vaults in banks. It can always be done, and it can vary greatly in expense. Just a matter of how...
Be careful if you do. Not because of customs and duties, but because you may not like the coins you get. Many European dealers have an entirely...
Yeah maybe. But what about all the cases where the coin tones in the slab all by itself, quite naturally ? And there are far, far more of those...
Perfect example of what I am talking about - everybody has their own idea of what is right and what is wrong. Myself, I agree completely with how...
Virtually impossible. Never once have I ever heard of a successful attempt to do that. Yup, it is pretty easy. And there are a ton of coin...
Take a picture of your cent next to another cent because it sure doesn't look silver colored in the pictures you posted. It looks like an ordinary...
Nor was I trying to claim that UV does affect metals. The UV part was sidetrack of the original discussion. The real question of this thread is...
All you have to do is send a PM to Charmy and she'll tell you who it was. Kinda solves that problem.
Regarding the nickel, looks to be some sort of bezel put around the coin. They are commonly used for jewelry attachments. As for the cent, I...
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