For full slab shots, why do you even need a macro lens to begin with? I would think the purpose of such a shot is to capture the coin in the slab...
Nice set! Are all the gold coins toners, too? I recently asked a dealer who specialises in toned coins and who carries 3 or 4 cases of high-end...
They are very deceptive counterfeit gold coins that surfaced in the 1970s. It's practically impossible to identify an Omega gold coin without...
Am I the only one this "scratch" isn't bothering? If I were in the market for one of these and someone was offering me this exact coin raw, I'd...
It's a 100+ year old coin. Completely original 100 year old silver coins don't look like they were minted yesterday. It's still a nice looking...
One lonely spot of green on an otherwise completely white silver coin screams PVC to me. I'd give it a good soak in acetone. It probably won't...
I've seen pictures of privately owned ones on the internets. They're probably about as illegal as Henning nickels. I'm not a lawyer or...
I've seen worse. :)
I agree. For key dates, a guarantee of authenticity is... key. :) It's nice to have an opinion as to the grade and surface quality, but I can...
Oh, hmm, one thing I just realized is that the "in one binding" constraint might be impossible with the Eagle pages + slabs/Coin world holders....
I don't know for certain, but I'm pretty sure they won't fit without some kind of shim or adhesive/tape to secure them to the page.
I didn't know Eagle made Air-Tite pages. That's cool. :) Another alternative is to get a slab album and put the raw coins into Coin World slabs....
You forgot a rule: it's not a backup until you've tested the restore procedure.
I've heard the stories and seen pictures of these coins, and I'd really like to own one. Any idea how I'd go about it and what I could expect to...
This is true, but the problem is you need to have either two of the same type of fake or a picture of the known fake to compare to.
Jack Beymer knows his stuff. ;)
Yeah, I'm starting to get a feel for some of these things. I like to tell people I collect coins, not plastic, so slabs are not a thing I tend to...
I'd say it's a G-05, as in literally halfway between G-04 and G-06. Which way it grades at a TPG company is probably a tossup. The MM looks good...
Yeah, I agree. Probably an optical illusion. The only place I see any splitting is the last shot. If it were real, you'd see it from every angle.
Ultrasonic baths and coins are a bad combination under most circumstances. I could see using one to get dirt off of ancients, but for modern...
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