Tough question. I guess if we're talking US Mint issues, it's this one: [IMG] Otherwise, it's this one: [IMG] I have a 1783 Nova Constellatio...
Definitely a good call cracking it out of the rattler. It's likely to grade 65, but even if it gets 64 or 64+, it's an easier sell than before....
Are your lights fixed such that you can't move them around the coin? Keeping the coin stationary and moving the lights instead would make the...
Look at PCGS CoinFacts. Retail pricing plus auction sales for each grade.
"PGS certified" is absolutely meaningless. This is a raw, ungraded coin, probably worth a few cents. That the people running the raffle either...
I kind of like the obverse, I kind of don't like the reverse. If it were mine, I'd try once for a bean if in-hand inspection warranted it. Then...
Odds and ends, yeah, but if you want them, then this is your lucky day. The three Canadian cents are 1888, 1916, and 1919. $6 shipped in the US....
81-S Morgan PCGS 67. Common in this grade, but they sure can be stunners. [ATTACH]
I usually like my pictures better, but that bias is because I take the picture I like the best. I'll give TV the advantage when color needs to be...
Wheel marks, maybe? I'd have to see it in hand to see that, though. They are pretty much invisible until you get just the right light on them....
Can't tell from the pictures. Strike-doubling on the obverse is very common with 1922 Peace dollars, so chances are that is what you're looking at.
It really depends on which die the water was on, where it was on the die, and the humidity in the air. In Denver or CC, water remaining on a...
Take a look at the 1881 VAM 17 Morgan dollar. The portrait is covered with small, raised rings. These could be due to water droplets being...
If the water has an escape path that allows it to completely run off the die before the coin is struck, then it won't leave a trace. If it...
The black marks in the hair and in the wreath above LAR are planchet impurities. If you dip the coin, all the nice toning will be removed, and...
1970-D, often in mint sets.
It looks like Imagemagick supports generating WebP animations, so I'll have to try modifying my script to generate those as well and see how it...
This is a little different from the way I do it. I leave the camera and coin in place and move the lights. One hand has a light and a remote...
The thunderbolts are holograms in the metal of the coin. Lighting these things is tricky, and it took some experimenting to get the light path I...
Feed finger scrapes show up in the upper reverse fields for Morgans. This does look like a nasty bit of polishing from being stuck in a counting...
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