I have to agree with the others, business strike.
In order top down - 1 - type 2 2 - questionable 3 - type 2 4 - type 1 5 - type 2 6 - type 1 [ATTACH]
Why ? It's a complete waste of time.
That depends on the cans. If they are clean, in good shape and the seals are intact then yeah they work great. Yes it could. But the cans can...
Some spots can be removed without harming the coin and some cannot. But if it is done incorrectly it always damages the coin. That's why if you...
Hmmmmm, you're not gonna get much in a container that size so I wonder about the practicality. The general idea though, not gonna dispute that....
All cardboard 2x2s produce cardboard dust - all of them. Yeah some may be worse than others. The cardboard dust problem is threefold. 1 - the dust...
Didn't take the time to pull up the image (no link), but yeah, I've seen that designation before.
Yeah, maybe. But I've seen a lot of heated coins and never saw one go concave because of it. Expand a bit ? Yes, but only temporarily. As soon as...
When you consider that getting a coin graded can cost you as much as $30-$40 per coin, I would think that as a general rule the minimum value of...
No it would not, but spooning would.
Ahhhhhhhh, he knows better than anybody else.
That's always possible, but before you just ditch it you might want to send the pics to Daniel Sedwick and ask him - http://www.sedwickcoins.com/...
I agree, I'd wait a while, crack it and send it in again. Or even try NGC. I see nothing wrong with the color of that coin.
The beaded ring ? Look at the second to last coin found at the link I provided. The circles outside the quatrefoil, found on other examples. Those...
Look at the link I gave ya Siggi, there are several coins there found in the same wreck. It's from the 1715 Plate Fleet. And I'm almost positive I...
Either way it's a great coin ! It's the only US gold design I ever liked until the Saints came to be.
Siggi - I believe what you've got there is a Phillip V 1714 2 escudos from Mexico, M. J. The coin has lost a bit of weight, probably from...
Bravo !
Based on all the pics I think the coin is a 63BN, but because of what the coin is I think the TPG probably said 64 BN.
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