My vote would be crystallization caused by exposure to heat or chemicals. I see similar breaks on crystallized ancient silver coins, and have seen...
Yeah, I learned that lesson the hard way about 7 years ago. There was a lot I was literally watching 8 times a day for 7 days I wanted it so bad....
You are absolutely correct sir that a 14d is rare "compared versus other lincoln cents". Compared versus most other measurements, (half dimes,...
As many know, I am getting more into Central Asian. I have been looking for this one for a while, and as luck would have it I have two coming in...
Well for one, a price guide is simply that, a guide. There is no assumed promise that anyone can buy or sell a coin at that price. Second, I will...
Non-numismatic auctions almost always have the same playbook. Lots of junk stuff goes for way too much, and if there is a piece worth over $100 or...
And I respect yours as well sir. I am glad we disagree, gives me impetus to think about why I feel the way I do, and believe it or not I do change...
I simply do not know the answer. Do we know for a fact that a polymer cannot be as or more efficient in that use as silver? Silver may be the most...
I have a heck of a lot more than that, but it doesn't help if they break in when you aren't there, or get the drop on you in the dead of the...
Exactly. I know for a fact that cotton can scratch a coin.
Yeah, maybe I am just the oddball. If you say a pound of silver, I am thinking its 12 troy ounces, not 16 regular ounces. But, I have been known...
I would simply point out that solar is still extremely dependent on government subsidies to make it worthwhile, money that I simply do not see...
Yes sir, that was my point. A pound of everything else is measured differently than PM, so a pound of cheese, ham, feathers, lead, stone, etc ad...
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And with coins like this, you default to the more common issue if there is doubt. Its like a 1916 mercury, unless you can prove definitively the...
^This. As is common, Conder provided a great answer. The banks who would not allow it are fully in their rights, as any time the teller is...
Are you sure Eduard its talking about the free German people versus the German Roman provinces of upper and lower Germania? It would seem curious...
Heat exposure is common, or possibly chemical exposure.
Never heard of the danake, but obolus is an obol. Its a very tiny unit of silver, so one could think of a dime or possibly a half dime value of...
I agree slight offcenter, and color almost guaranteed to be PMD. Sorry.
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