Many years ago, I was interested in buying photographic equipment online. That particular market segment suffers from an unusually large number of...
And here I was expecting another plated Lincoln cent. :)
I'd draw out 80% of my liquid funds to buy at that $21, then immediately call Provident to lock in a sale at their current offer of $23.98 each....
I've got a LOT of unfortunate coins, but here are a couple for which I've already got photos on hand: [ATTACH] Proof-only issue:...
There they are! I wonder if it was a network route issue, or maybe the site was being blocked at work -- although it was our "public" network,...
I'm pretty sure you're right. There were quite a lot of other coins (large cents, nickels) that have that look as well. It struck me as weird,...
I think it's WAY too far gone to be worth NCS treatment. Pretty sure there are pits under there; even if it ended up with F details, I don't think...
If you didn't need the lessons, why did you let someone clean the coin? If you took a coin that, if genuine, was worth perhaps hundreds of...
I see an unmentioned mintmark. I can't grade gold well enough, especially from those photos, to see whether this coin falls into the range where...
Hey gbroke, seems like all your images are gbroken today... ?
BTW, BadThad, if you're reading this, I'd welcome advice on the best approach to using Verdi-Care (soak or swab?) on the 31-S, 10-S and 15-S...
Do you really -- really -- think you're as good (accurate and consistent) at grading as someone who has done it full-time, eight hours a day, for...
After quite a bit more searching, I turned up this one: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Had to stare pretty hard before I was sure that it was really a...
Next, interspersed with lots of nickels and IHCs, these two: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] They've both led a hard life, and that...
Continuing to pore over, analyze, and photograph last week's eBay "pig in a poke", this time focusing on the roll or so of wheat cents it promised...
That looks like well under half melt. Amazing. That reminds me of a guy at a coin show who said "I know it's a low price, but I'm still making...
The consensus here seems to be that Littleton grades coins fairly, or even conservatively, but sells them at very high markups.
Sure, you can make 100% isopropanol or ethanol -- just not by simple distillation. And if you leave either one sitting open, it'll absorb water...
Until recently, credit card companies explicitly prohibited that. One of my biggest objections to the whole CC scheme, even though it worked to my...
How about the St. Gaudens double eagle, with the mint mark ABOVE the date on the obverse, and the designer's monogram masquerading as a mint mark...
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