Sorry didn't mean to say the mint. Technically graded as a lump as long as the tube was sealed. It probably made it easy for a dealer to get into...
I don't have any copper bars or ingots Dan. Thats a cool ingot you have there. I will be on the look out.
That was one of the ways that the mint sold the 2009 cents.
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You have a full rim, hence the third side was prepped correctly.
Found a 10 Euro and a cheap silver toned earing.
3/4ths plus of the coin says mid die stage.
LOl bare foot! I would rather use a scroll saw/ hack saw I guess that I am more of a tool guy.
Do you have a dremel?
That will get ya, you can only play with fire so long.
That method scares the chizgett'e out of me. I would screw it up
The Bicentennial was in a pendant bout at a 76' celebration. [ATTACH] Civil war store card. [ATTACH]
Neat Paraguay @Chris B, I have never seen that coin before. What's with the Miltary design on the reverse of the Russian coin.
I use a band saw from the early 30's. Most you can pop open from one cut. I usually cut all 4 sides off, It really depends on the slab and...
Yes we have the old master dies. The weakness at the rim and blended rim "We Trust" is what I am referring to.
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