I was going to say that if you were as old as him then you'd have a pretty good handle on things too. Then I looked, you are almost the same age...
No, not right. As Tom already explained, the recessed portions of the die used to be etched with acid. Today they are etched with a laser. But...
Well that's exactly the problem Hunter. Numismatic terms have established definitions, and when people begin applying their own definitions to...
I dunno, I think frosty is misused as much as blast white is. The term frost or frosty refers to a coin that has a look of having frost, (just...
Yeah, and you live, and buy coins, in another world Chris. You cannot compare ancients to US coins. Or even medieval world coins for that matter...
What Tom said is the key to answering your question binxter. What you should do, what everybody should do, is to only buy coins from sellers that...
Yes. That is because PVC residue on coins is caused by gasses, not by direct contact with the material. As the softening agent in the PVC breaks...
I would say that 99.9% of people used it with a Star Wars reference in mind. Over the years there were constant phrases posted like - you cannot...
Tim - Or anybody else for that matter, if you want to really see the difference between what a whizzed coin and a normal coin looks like, try...
Hopefully those plastic pages you are using to hold the 2x2s don ot have any PVC in them. Lots of them do have PVC. And that would be far, far...
They look to be the very same thing. Lots of different places sell Coin World holders.
mhenry - Even if you forget all about what the sulphur laden cardboard of those folders could do to the coins, take a look at the paper in the...
No problem, glad to help ;)
Typically unless rotation is substantial, it carries no value. 10-15 degrees is not really uncommon. That said, there are some particular VAMs in...
Yes, I already gave you a link to a holder that will work. The ring type Air-Tites will fit those odd sized coins. But if you don't like...
It's not strange at all, most British coins have no denomination on them. That one for example, the crown, half crown, shilling, and six pence,...
LOL ! If you ever look to find out what the buyer's premium is on anything you buy, anywhere, you will find yourself wishing, praying, begging,...
Have to agree with Mike and Larry. Those tiny pits you are seeing Tim are from light corrosion (probably from excessive toning or ground exposure)...
Greg - Regardless of where you look you are going to find numbers all over the place. There can be any of several reasons for this. But one of...
I got to examine this set in hand and photograph it some years ago. It is certainly something to see, but the set being intact with original case,...
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