It's really hard with coins, because we're conditioned to expect the design to be in relief (raised). In that photo, look at the top of the coin....
Just realized that the price of gold is now well over five dollars per grain. Wow.
Imminent, as it has been for fifty years.
Let's have a close, close look at both sides of those 1916 and 1917 nickels. And the 1912, for that matter!
I think I may see the top of a mint mark. I'd be soaking it in vinegar, both faces, so (a) the mint mark would be restored if present and (b) the...
I feel like I have vague memories of Mom and my brother talking about what to do with Mom's silver certificates. I would've been 4 or 5, so the...
Couldn't have happened to a nicer industry.
And so you're asking on the...? ;)
I don't remember any discussion here of recent changes at Hugh Wood. What's happened? When I was actively buying and selling on eBay, I...
Not sure what you're asking here. Is it unusual to find a proof in circulation? Kinda, but not that unusual. Is it unusual to find an S-mint...
Nope, I was a kid paying close attention at the time. :) When SF started striking coins with the S mint-mark again in 1968, only cents and nickels...
Looks like square rims and mirror fields to me. I also don't see bag marks. Compare a couple of full-step regular strike examples from PCGS. I...
When I was first collecting, I think the Red Book listed XF, AU, BU, Choice BU, and Proof. (I guess that was one source of the "proof is a better...
Well, yeah, but -- you're starting with a 5% solution of acetic acid and a 3% solution of hydrogen peroxide, so it's pretty dilute. Wikipedia says...
That's my go-to solution as well. It's slower than vinegar-and-peroxide, but that's a GOOD thing -- it's easier to avoid letting things go too far.
I asked the same thing in another thread. The answer made sense, at least as much sense as the entire bean-chase subgenre. I'm still guessing a...
Adding 30 "points" of range to the Sheldon scale, and then just establishing a one-to-one correspondence between assignable grades in the old...
Well, that seems... yeah, what you already said. Maybe they realized that the math to map 10-point-scale grades into the registry rankings would...
I know the 28-P has fallen out of favor in recent years, but man, that one's a beauty! I expect there'd be quite a fight over it if it ever goes...
Yeah, wouldn't that wreak havoc in the lowball registry competition? My collection certainly has a lot more coins in the "1.5 range" than the "9+...
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