You said a bit backwards - yes it is the deepest area of the die, and the highest part of the coin.
Naval Jelly got its name for obvious reasons - its primary use is to remove rust stains from the paint on boats. It is also used to remove rust...
Saw the movie, saw the coin, but that's about all I can tell you as I know far, far less about them than you do. Coins of Asia are one area of the...
Well dmr, you apparently have ambition enough to search things out for yourself - that's a dang good start. Many tend to just ask questions of...
A bit off topic to the subject, but pertinent to the paragraph above - Few people are aware of it, but since the inception of the US Mint...
Completely agree. Be careful now Mike, we don't want to do that too often. It would ruin all the fun :D Not a question of bravery, it's a...
Yes, use common sense. Every single coin ever made begins to tone the moment it leaves the press. So if you see a coin that is more than say, 25...
It would be kinda cool and probably a lot of fun too. But look at the reality of it - do you have any idea what the production costs of such a...
You shouldn't clean them at all, leave them alone.
It's easy to see at a glance they are not even similar - just look at the denticles, or rather the lack of them on your coin as compared to the...
Particularly like the '26 - AU50. The '20 I would say F15. TPG grades, AU55 and VF25 - another series that they over-grade consistently.
Yes it is, often better than this one. This one comes from fairly worn dies though.
Thank God - there may still be hope :D
How could they be die polish lines when the marks go right across the devices AND the fields ? Die polish lines only appear on the fields of coins...
It would almost certainly not get graded by NGC or PCGS. Not being up on the value of particular VAMS I can't say what it might bring, but you...
I used to have several books by Wayte Raymond, not the monographs you mention, but I traded them to a friend for some early copies of The...
Based on your pics that one isn't worth sending in.
Much cheaper to fake both the coin and the slab - which is happening today and has been for what, a year now ? Yeah, many of them get discovered...
I suspect that one of the hardest to actually obtain is probably one of the early issues of the series of small pamphlets issued by the American...
If you mean that you think both coins we made by the same person, the coin in the auction you mention is not even close to being a twin to yours -...
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