Nah, I think the contemporary equivalent "sign of circulation" would be scrapes from roll wrappers. Or maybe pock marks from being run over in a...
Wouldn't it be great if you could double your money every time?
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I think chop marks are interesting, and maybe make a coin more desirable. But when a TPG says "that's not damage", to me, it makes the entire...
Given your username, I'm inclined to trust your opinions on water...
That was my first thought - before I saw the pictures. The design is stretched, too, not just the margins.
So... lots of input on how to shrink bills. Now, how do you expand one?
If the surface tension hypothesis is right, you ought to be able to do the same thing by dipping a bill repeatedly in water and drying it. But of...
Okay, I'm curious about this one, too.
Not seen since Dec. 2019. Guessing he may have had to sign an NDA when he hired on with Ed Wood Jr.
Getting big crystal grains like that requires fairly pure metal, but I think the more important factor is very slow cooling. Makes me want to try...
If I ever knew this, I'd forgotten it. That poor, unloved type...
Wow, that one 70-S cent looks like it's been spending too much time hanging out with Zincolns! (Yeah, I still would've kept it.)
If the seller takes that amount of care with all their photos, they're likely leaving a good bit of money on the table.
Fingers crossed!
I think ours has some ridiculously low limit for claims on coins/precious metals/jewelry. Beyond that, you need a rider, and IIRC they're very...
I have a feeling that the number of people who will ever be interested in coins is dropping in tandem with the mintages, though. :(
Trying to depose @Collecting Nut from the top of the unopened-coin-package registry? ;)
I don't have much if any experience weeding out fake Buffalos, but I don't like what I'm seeing between CENTS and the rim on that 21-S reverse. It...
I'll be really, really surprised if it happens. And even more tempted to start loading up on white metals, especially if I can swap silver for...
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