Nice coins! The Kazakhstan mint is one of the best in the world but gets little attention in the West. It was started when the USSR broke up....
When I go to shows, one of the items in my walking around bag is a small roll of Scotch tape. If I get a coin in a stapled holder, I immediately...
Sorry to read what happened. Put them through several changes of acetone. Acetone will draw out all the water that’s not chemically bound …...
The easiest and cheapest to find in certified MS grades are the 20-franc rooster coins minted after 1905. Almost any dealer in world coins will...
Nice coin, Doug! Lucien Bazor, designer of the 1929-1936 100-franc gold coins, was obviously influenced by Adoph Weinman's "Mercury" dime...
The series is the art deco gold coins produced 1929, 1932, 1933, 1935 and 1936. See picture. Mintages in the first 3 years were very low but in...
I posted a pic on cointalk earlier this year. See...
Most PCGS slabs have a dot-matrix code on the edge. Put there by PCGS. I'm guessing it's an internal control code that allows PCGS to trace day...
The set is still available from the Royal Mint, royalmint.com. It’s a bit more expensive at £195 than what the US Mint was charging. Packaging...
Thanks for the info. How did you find out the times? Does the Mint post it or is it just trial and error? Cal
They're not minting more. The "new" medals are due to canceled and botched orders and returns of the original mintage. I've been told, but have...
I agree it's a great, quirky comedy. Really a tour-de-force written and directed by and starring Mackinzie Crook. And yes, they do find coins! Cal
I did find out that the owner, Martin Weiss, is a member of PNG. That's a very good sign. Cal
There is a legal principle that may apply (up to courts, of course) to coins obtained from the Mint without Mint’s permission and without criminal...
They are advertising a coin that interests me, but I've never encountered them before? Has anyone bought from them, and how did it go? They...
Don’t see any need for changing MS grading. We’ve got 60-70 with some plus grades. Toss in PL, DMPL and star, and there’s more than needed....
I've even it seen spelled ... ready for it ... TruVue ... on the NGC forum and elsewhere. :inpain: Cal
Amazing toning. I'd like to see a non-TrueView shot if you have one. Cal
In the past as now, Heritage provided full-slab photos of all coins. But they also provided closeups of medium to high-end coins. Now, I’ve...
My experience trying to get local jewelers to set gems I own has been that not only do they insist on supplying their own metal, they refuse to...
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