Did you see my newp? :D [IMG]
I agree. All three have nice green patina. I like #1 and #3. #2 is OK but the deposit(?) in front of the face distracts me a little. #1 is...
Definitely not any kind of missing clad layer. Not sandpaper, either - there would be no way to do that so uniformly and neatly with sandpaper....
I assure you this is not a mint-made waffle cancellation. I was merely remarking on the slight similarity there, is all.
So concave/convex coins are to be the next fad, then. I'm not sure how I feel about that. Part of me says, "yeah, OK, whatever", and the other...
It does almost resemble a "waffle" canceled coin - very slightly - but it obviously isn't. Those mint-made waffle-cancellations do a much more...
I will defer to this advice as probably being superior to my own previous advice. Disregard my earlier comments. Considering the (remote)...
I guess my eye isn't developed well enough to see what makes Image #1 superior to Image #2. I don't notice much difference in focus or contrast...
I would imagine it's probably struck. That illustration is probably just a digital mockup, like the US Mint often uses. Edit- this appears to...
I foresaw "featured article" on this from the outset, though admittedly I forgot to nominate it myself. I dunno what "trophy points" are in...
There's more in the box those came from, @NLL, and I have your address. Now, I'm not sayin' watch your mailbox, 'cause those of you who've won...
Uh-oh, it seems I killed another thread. Sorry. Feel to resume on Fausta or ancient Roman female hairstyles, unless we've already milked those...
Austria (or Hungary) or 1875 [IMG]
Huh. And I thought I was pretty slab-savvy. That's the first I've heard about this one. Interesting.
I think this was some kind of test. The last three of us just failed. :P
"Penny-farthing Pedal Pusher": pictorial love token on 1876 Seated Liberty dime [IMG] Larger obverse picture Larger reverse picture Host coin:...
I couldn't pass this one up. Seems appropriate, for the first day of summer. I've been gradually working in the background on rebuilding the...
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