These two are on their way back from PCGS. Comments on the submission here. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Just got my latest submission back. As is usually the case with me, it's a mixed bag of stuff, heavy on US Type. 1853 large cent Results: XF40 As...
At least you didn’t pass a kidney stone without realizing it! LOL
Yes, it's residue from some old piece of paper. Personally, I don't find it all that objectionable.
So you said, but I don't remember your arrival. It just kind of seemed like you'd been here all along. I joined in 2007 but only posted about...
I just updated the first two posts to add some basic descriptions of what the coins are. I was initially working from my phone when I posted this...
This might be the only time in history I've outpaced the mighty @panzerman! Wow.
As mentioned, it's a so-called "magician's coin". Someone (outside the mint) machined out the reverse of a pound coin and mounted the penny into...
I like the expanded description, but I personally would have put those stickers on the outside of a clear 3" x 4" poly bag with the coin inside,...
Does look like a baking soda cleaning.
I'd contact the seller, but would give them the benefit of the doubt and not be too hard on them. I don't think there was any deliberate...
I think that depends on whom you ask. Many (maybe even most) diehard traditionalist Ancients collectors would tell you no, and some might even go...
I've done OK with MA-shops, but do try to avoid anything that looks harshly cleaned. This one was cleaned to death, and it shows even in the...
Ditto. @Inspector43 is a master of understatement. :) That cob with the Port Royal provenance is very interesting! I don't recall having seen...
Indeed it should, if they had followed tradition. [MEDIA] (*Different CAROLVS REX, but you get the idea.) ;)
I like how the first one has the "HEATON BIRM'M" mintmark spelled out, instead of just an "H" mintmark like one sees on some of the British and...
Could there be an MS63-64 coin hiding under the scuz? Dunno. Hard for me to say.
Dunno if that's PVC or not. I hope not. I'm inclined to think it's just natural scuz. What's the current PCGS grade? [Edit- oh, sorry- I...
Agreed.
I don't have any Merovingian gold, of course. That's the sort of stuff I dreamed about when I was detecting over in the UK, though I suppose this...
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