I'm a little paranoid about the industrial grade acetone I get at the local hardware store, so my last rinse is in distilled water before...
Lovely trade dollar, W.L. !
Looked at a few of this issue in the Heritage Archives. To be honest, I can't see any signs of manipulation of metal on this coin. It looks...
bump for Rusty!
I guess I find the 40k spent on a coin roller... believable?? I suspect someone's leg is being pulled a bit. This is not to say that I don't...
Just stand it on edge between 2 objects to hold it up and get a nice sharp closeup of 2 or 3 of the reeds with their valleys if you can. depth of...
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Photos aren't the best, but the puffy rounded look of the letters and generally poor detail on the reverse make me suspicious. I would not under...
That's called a ring forceps and is more commonly used in gynecologic applications (Just what Matt wanted to hear, I'm sure! LOL)
Do you have a closeup photo of the edge?
I've gotten in the habit of giving a soak in acetone for a few minutes to any raw silver coin that I buy. PVC is almost ubiquitous. Check your...
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I have zippo interest in these and virtually all mint issued commems. However, I hope those who buy them for a quick flip are successful beyond...
Well, at least they didn't call it tooled. "cleaned " is not always the kiss of death. If you don't see patches of hairlines with a point...
the only thing I might do differently would be to bathe in an alkaline solution (baking soda in distilled water) after the post dip rinse (to...
some very nice trade dollars in this thread! Let's keep it going! Here are some of my recent acquisitions: 1877-s, repunched date (second 7)...
thanks for the link to TDN's site. So, it appears there were a total of 8 pairs of dies sent to CC! He lists 3 known mintmark impressions, with...
Well, I started it after buying a couple of fake TD's off eBay, to help others. I got out of numismatics for several years, and may have gotten a...
Rusty, sorry if I contributed to throwing your back out. Breen is a weighty tome indeed. I have some new TD purchases and could post them if you...
Just to clarify a point: I said there were 4 reverse dies. Are you saying there were more than that? thanks
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