It's roller marks.
I wish this were true, but it's not. Be very careful buying into the old holder hype with DMPLs. Many aren't. You really have to look at the...
Take a look at auction archives for this coin. PCGS maintains a free auction prices realized database, for coins of all reputable TPGs having...
These are called "roller marks," and were on the strip when it was rolled and drawn to the correct thickness.
Can I assume by the price that the coin is graded MS65 DMPL? If lower, the price is way too high. If graded 65DMPL, I'd have to see the coin to...
All dates that haven't been studied closely are candidates to clean up. The "wide date" designation doesn't make sense given the date punch was...
If there's no obverse clashing at all, then the die was replaced after a clash, since the reverse clashing is quite strong. The mint mark I would...
Too bad on the rim ding. It's the kind of thing that might get through eventually. Nice bunch of coins, though! The 89-O getting a 64 (it is...
I'll be there Thursday through Saturday. I'm staying at a Residence Inn by the airport and renting a car. Cheaper than trying to stay near the...
Alt+PrintScreen should defeat that.
There doesn't need to be justification for a copyright. The copyright comes into being when the work is created. Protection of the copyright is...
If you take a picture of your medal, you have a copyright on that picture at the moment you create the picture, and may use it however you want....
It's actually a fat-fingered typo for "OY"
A Dansco of Franklins.
I don't see many Hallmark slabs. They're old enough for there to have been a lot of attrition before they became collectible. The 98-O Morgan...
The first printing of my 2016 coin calendar is in stock and ready to ship. $15 (includes shipping in the US) gets you a wall calendar with a...
November 2015 Numismatist magazine, page 91.
There's also that pesky little Denver mint mark that rules it out.
Color temperature, shutter speed, and apertures aren't going to affect anything. You need to control the lighting, and the general rules for...
Of course. Make traditional bronze ones for collector sets, none for circulation, just to add color to the sets. Problem is the sausage factory...
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