I have bad news about that identification number and the authenticity verifier...
Read about the coin-minting process, and you'll see how we go from a strip of metal, to a blank (a disc punched out from the strip), to a planchet...
You're seeing what you want to see in random detail. It's exactly the same as seeing (religious figure of your choice) on your toast. Since this...
I suspect a lot of time spent on Instagram/FB/YouTube/etc. comes at the expense of what used to be hobby time.
HAHAHAHAHAHA *gasp* HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA <sob> If I were organized, how would I maintain the every-day-is-Christmas experience of stumbling over...
I don't get your point. Then again, I'm reading a forum where people talk about their PM holdings.
Then, for heaven's sake, let's have vector instead of scalar grades! Each aspect gets a number. If you need to have a single measure, pick a...
I put BS numerical grades on counterfeits that I catch.
Well, hardly any. ;)
I'd be inclined to put Barbers somewhere in there, but only because they're so ghastly in low grades -- people actually used Barber coins for...
I sold some common silver dollars at the show this past weekend. A couple of them were coins that I paid less than $10 for (a rare opportunity,...
Nope, not as long as Google can choose to land every search for "should I wash coins" on this very thread. If anybody's claiming cleaning...
No, you said "I had less than $6 in each one. I sold every one of them to dealers at a premium (today)." It wouldn't be worth a road trip, but...
Dealers around here are back of melt for 1940's Walkers in that condition that aren't cleaned. If there's a magical land where VG-ish cleaned...
I'd like very much to have contact information for a dealer who pays a premium for obviously-cleaned, average-circulated, dirt-common-1940's...
I'd have more respect for him if he didn't have that tourniquet cutting off circulation to his brain while he's working (as opposed to impressing...
I typed up a lengthy rant about this change a couple of days ago, then I discovered the link to the auction I really wanted was still available,...
Ouch. :( On the other hand, if most weren't mishandled, the well-treated ones wouldn't command such a premium...
As @Michael K said, the copper 1982 non-D is incredibly common. That's what you've got, with some damage (those dark spots).
Ugh, didn't think about that. And I don't think rounding off the curve at the bottom rather than clamping it would help much. Again, I should...
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