I was given an Excel file on US Mint Foreign Coins Production (produced by the US Mint) for some research I did on my S. Korean Hwan coins, which...
Nah, don't go quiet. People here really like the topic that you introduced, it's just that they really want to see what you have now that you've...
I stand corrected! I guess this is the cost of bragging rights? ...I guess I don't get it. But I do feel happy for the seller!
That has GOT to be wrong. Bidiots indeed. I see one of these coins, an error, being sold at ebay. BIN for $75. That might be something to...
"DEO EST GLORIA?" (God is glorified?) Obviously this is pattern, but I've never seen this on a US coin before. Could someone give a little...
So, the Lincoln cents you thought were AU, you judge to beVF+/XF now? I'm guessing that means that your ability at grading has gotten better....
Here are some of mine. Love these British colony coppers. No brown or black spots (mostly)! Some are dated 1961, 1962, but close to the...
I'm taking a break from collecting, too. Financial reasons. I still go my local coin shows and look around, say hi, and pick up something...
Hey man, you'd better hurry up and buy that one from that ebay listing that Ed23 shared with you. Because if you don't, I will...:vamp: I...
So "Surface Preservation" means "level of surface degradation" and lack of marks and hairlines? As long as the "toning" doesn't damage the...
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That Italian Lire coin really has a nice "3D" effect on the reverse (well, the side with the date and denomination, if that's reverse). The...
Look at the chart above about surface preservation. It's over 50% of the "calculation" in grading an MS coin. Look again at this crappy coin...
Amazing coins. Very well-done with the photography. Cheers!
Hey, wouldn't these be given a "details" grade? I mean isn't this "post-Mint damage"?
For you smartypanses who said "MS-63"... [ATTACH] Alright. Here it is:[ATTACH] ...Thanks for all your input, really! But I am still amazed...
Those large diameter 5 oz proof "plato puras" are pretty sweet.
Yeah, so he's a philanthropist!
Yep. And in South Korea, they finally made melting-down coins a crime in 2011, after stories circulated of people turning the country's...
88% copper, 12% zinc (the TPGs call this variety "Bronze"). The Korean Mint switched to a lower copper-ratio halfway through the minting of the...
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