There is a reason they use the yellow (regular) light, fluorescent light does not show defects to the naked eye like incandescent light does. It...
According to the Wiley-Bugert reference, there are two ways to tell the Confederate strikes - WB-102 and WB-104. 102 has the die crack from by the...
A few years ago that probably never would have happened. But a few years ago toned coins were not exactly as popular as they are today, nor were...
Just keep in mind that there are those who do not think acetone, even pure acetone, should be used on coins except when absolutely necessary.
At least as long as they recognize the coins as counterfeits. It's when they don't that bothers me.
Never doubt the power of the darkside - it is truly a force to be reckoned with ;)
But doesn't just about every table have a swing arm lamp attached to it ? Those lamps are to be used for viewing the coins individually. In...
It does still happen, nice find :high5: The coin looks like it may have been found in the ground and suffered some corrosion. It would probably...
And that's exactly what I was having a problem with. For if the dies were not misaligned, you'd never see the die clash marks because they would...
Open your pic files again on your computer. Now look at the view size percentage - I'll bet it doesn't say 100%. That's why they appear so big here.
Most of the time they use their eyes. Professional graders only use magnification when necessary, and then it's 5x.
Only problem is, there's no way to tell one from the other.
Just list it for what it is - a counterfeit. Provide decent pics and wait and see what happens.
Not to the coin Frank, to the die. Only a raised area on a die can produce an incuse image on a coin. But I've been doing some more thinking on...
Nice find with the site there Mik :thumb: I knew about the Denmark coin dated 1234, but the Spanish obol I did not know about.
That makes 2 of us Becky. Frank - For a minute I though I could see the process in my mind, but what you are calling a counter die clash,...
I think a close to accurate answer, at least in the way the poll was intended, would be something like 0.0001%.
He did - twice.
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