Even the TPG's have no set rules for determining if a coin is a problem coin or not. Neither does anybody else. There are merely guidelines, and...
Seen a lot of coins struck with rusty dies but never saw one that looked like that. But they saw the coin in hand, I haven't .................
Coin albums of all kinds have contributed to, either directly or indirectly, ruining more coins than just about anything else. It has been my...
That can be worse than real wood. Wood, all wood, puts off gasses that are harmful to coins. That's why coin cabinets are not longer widely used....
Let's put it this way - either stop the political rantings or the thread will be closed.
Howdy Connie - I'm moving your post to a new thread of its own. To answer your question though, sure I can tell you. But before I do it would...
LOL! Only you Frank, only you :D
I had a whole roll stored in Ait-Tites, and then in Tupperware, tone just like that '96 of yours dwhiz. 'Course I was keeping the Tupperware...
Boy ! I can see it's in an NGC slab Larry, but that first one sure looks like a fake to me. Color me confused :confused:
Now you knew long before you made the change that once you did that I was going to start giving you a ration ! That's my mission in life, didn't...
I think more people have problems identifying harshly cleaned gold coins than they do any others. But I also think a large part of the reason for...
Uhhhhhh - actually I was thinking more along the lines of - the younger generations is, shall we say, more vociferous :D
LOL ! Yeah I'll just bet you are :D
Didn't notice till you said it but you're right. Maybe it's just another item that Peter hasn't gotten to yet, that would be my guess anyway. And...
The title of this section explains why it is here. Once a week, I will continue to add another one of Clinker's many Trivia posts. But should any...
Yes, they are mint related problems. In fact planchet flaws are there before the coin is even struck. But damage is damage and it doesn't matter...
Gonna getcha for that :cool:
Yeah, means the same thing. That's the thing about terminology, it changes as the people change. The people who used to use flat struck likely...
Let me show you a rather extreme example of that. The first coin pictured below is one I ran across in an upcoming auction when I was searching...
Just make sure that you always keep 1 thing in mind trey - there are plenty of harshly cleaned coins in TPG slabs. And yes that includes NGC and...
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