Andrew - Would you also be surprised if I told you that you can take any coin you choose and shrink it ? Yes shrink it, make it much smaller...
Everything you ever wanted to know about the 1876 Trade Dollar from the King of Trade Dollar collectors - Click Here Just in case you haven't...
LOL !! - you're killin me here. You probably sell more coins than half the dealers out there. And besides, you should just take a job at NGC and...
Date readable doesn't mean readable by using magnification - it means being able to read the date with the naked eye.
How ? Easy, use photo software. You can make a picture look like anything you want. And why ? - to try and get somebody to buy it by thinking it...
The harm is that there some dates where you can tell what the date actually was even without being able to see it because of the die...
Just copy the number and paste it into any search box on ebay and hit your enter key - you get - THIS It's a doctored picture is all.
Yes, it does. But the coins it is used on are forever marked as having had Nic-A-Date used on them. The stuff is an acid and what it does is eat...
What sometimes happens with a dipped coin is that they are not rinsed properly afterwards and some of the dip solution remains on the coin. At...
Bart is probably right, it's just that the the circle of crowns and the fleur de lis is a common design found on medieval French coins. I haven't...
It means that the fields will be frosty and the devices will be shiny. On normal Proofs it is the other way around.
A scale won't so you any good at all if it isn't accurate. And when you are trying to measure something to within 1/100 of a gram - it needs to be...
There isn't. There was a time when cleaning your coins was considered normal and the thing to do. But in today's world it is not. The vast...
vipergts2 - I think the Mckinley, the quarter eagle and the Frankie would be body-bagged for harsh cleaning. I don't think the Lib and the...
I asked because I was wondering if it was perhaps a dropped letter error, but it sounds like it's not. So now I wonder if it's just a die crack or...
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I'd have to say that PCGS overgraded that coin you linked to by 2 - 3 points. I'd grade it a 60, 61 at the very best. Your coin is actually quite...
No it's not illegal to melt down US coins. You have it done at just about any smelter's. And no, usually it is not worth it because of the...
Yes it is, but you first need to verify whether it is silver or not by weighing it.
Howdy Starla - Welcome to the Forum !! Here's some pics of genuine examples you can compare yours to - Click Here Meanwhile, try and post a...
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