When I made a similar mistake, I decided to keep the coin as a reminder. It wasn't an expensive mistake (I only paid 1x PCGS price guide for a...
Great coins! I especially love the Sulla, followed by the second Alexander tet.
Hard to tell from those pictures, but I agree it practically has to be something inherent to the die if you see it on 9 different coins.
Well, if I understand the motivations of the parties involved, the slabbing was probably at @jwitten's insistence. Am I right? :P
I've seen them before and more knowledgeable people than I have proclaimed them genuine slabs, but I don't recall how they came to be.
Follow the money and you'll get to the bottom of the story. I don't know where to start exactly, but that's always a good rule of thumb.
I'm not optimistic about this one. Few modern commems have ever "done" it for me, and this one looks like a double threat of too high mintage...
I'd pay more for the coin with nice obverse toning and a dipped reverse than I would for the pictured coin. I do find that reverse pretty...
How would whizzing leave a funny color? Disrupting the surface should make it look a little redder, I would guess. I guess I haven't seen enough...
I recall seeing an owl and thinking it looked a little like someone struck a design on a silver nugget. You've got a great little collection of...
Good thing you said "joke" because that would never happen, what with the imminent advent of the cashless society and all. :P
Ok, let me put it this way. This guy: [ATTACH] sells what look like genuine, honest coins that are, for the most part, correctly identified (he...
The dealer I'm thinking of has run the same type of ads since at least the 80s, and probably longer: no pictures, just a gigantic text list. And,...
Classic commemorative gold is a whole new ball game. :-) The Pan Pac half is also a California coin; the event took place in San Francisco. :)
I'd say xf45, possibly environmental damage due to the reverse.
Huh? The Pan Pac half, while not cheap, isn't even close to the most expensive classic commemorative half. My votes are: 1) Oregon Trail 2) Bay...
The post about "brightly colored glossy ads" is still dead on. I'd even extend that to cover any kind of ads in national coin publications. I...
I need to read more on error-ref.com. :)
I agree it's cleaned, but at least it's got good eye appeal still. If you sent it in, it would likely get AU details. I do wonder if it might...
I bought an obvious AT coin like those just so I'd have an example to show people. It was cheap, but, hopefully it'll save someone an expensive...
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