525 (just to be an outlier)
@ddddd just a quickie note re the PCI Signature Series Slab featuring Rick Tomaska... I bought cert# ....7022 yesterday at Grapevine Coin Show for...
Sorry, @IBetASilverDollar there isn't much. I have a casual interest sparked when I bought an NGC Young Numismatist / Treasure Trivia slab that...
I need to dig out my two (impaired) proof trimes and check - I have a PF58 and a PF50 to look at and try to photograph...
Following up on @charlottedude's branch mint lovelies... [ATTACH] For some reason dies were made and shipped to New Orleans for the first year...
What is not widely recalled is that the purpose of these coins was largely to move silver from the Spanish colonies to Spain. They were then...
Shouldn't you be cooking the books or stealing from unattended mini-bars? Some kind of honest thievery instead of cruising European auctions after...
If you search YouTube for Magician's coin there are a couple of videos posted that show the process.
Gateway coin Now you need one from EACH of the Spanish Colonial mints...
ACCURATE weight to the best your scale will do & calibrate it first. Reason is that some foreign planchets are close to the standard weight of the...
Go... Visit a club (or several clubs) a couple times and see if you find one or more you like.
@E Pluribus Unum - i think your idea and execution are great. Most people do some kind of similar internal process. 1.Dont combine obverse and...
Here's how: https://www.youtube.com/embed/IXOXPZ0VKFM
I think that's a new record for the ignore button.
Loomis is one of the contracted coin terminals. The receive ton bags of coins from the mint on behalf of the Fed, count, wrap, and place them in...
It's New Orleans - can we tell if it's a morning coin (struck through beignet grease)? Or afternoon coin (struck through bacon grease)?
If you want, the original ANACS negatives still exist. Not sure of condition. The museum (not library) staff might be able to access them for you...
He couldn't figure out how to fix the listing, so he's pulled it and will relist. Said thanks for the head's up too... Hanlon's Razor Never...
I posted this years ago as "Waiter, there is a hair in my slab" ATS... [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
PMD somebody used a grinder, file, something on that rim
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