Picked up another Middlesex Ibberson's DH342. I'm posting both the tilted pics and the straight on pics. Tilted into lights: [IMG] [IMG]...
I've also been to the Bloomington show by the Mall of America...and it was okay. It's still pretty small, and I wasn't impressed with much of the...
I have been to the South St. Paul show a few times; it's at the VFW on 111 Concord Exchange South, and it's every 3rd Sunday of the month. For...
My first "holey" coin arrived today. :) [IMG]
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I re-imaged this one. [IMG]
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I don't know "Dick" from Adam, but I do know that "great toning" name from eBay. I would personally never bid on one of the "great toning" coins...
One would think for a coin with a mintage of 200,000 pieces that a nice MS example would be easy to come by. I searched for 18 months before I...
Might you have a reputable source (citation) for this comment? Or are you just going from memory? ;)
OK, here are a few of my new pieces since my last post in December. [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG]
Who cares? Just pick one or the other combination and go with it.
I'm trying to hunt down more information on this Libertas Americana restrike bronze medal from 1983. This particular medal was minted at the...
Picked up these two from the post-office today. [IMG] [IMG]
Great looking coin. Here's my example of the coin. [IMG]
I think it looks properly graded at 63 if the images are accurate. I reiterate my original comments regarding the scattered marks, etc.
...because I collect coins with horses on them, I love old copper, and this was my first serious purchase for myself a couple years ago (for my...
So my statement was correct -- in both instances you used the term "cleaning". Sometimes you use it with no adjectival modifier, and other times...
An assigned "plus" grade means the coin almost achieves the next higher technical (numeric) grade. Star means the coin has (in the opinion of...
Doug uses the term "cleaning" for everything ranging from an acetone bath to rubbing with a brillo pad. I would say that is NOT the general...
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