This coin is a good example of something I have said recently - that toning can and will flake off the coin. Just look closely at what appears to...
A couple years ago there was a flurry of coins like these being sold in Calf. by "homeless guys" on the street corners. Guess they are still at...
Yes, it will. Any of the commercial coin dips will not only remove patina, toning, corrosive material - they will even remove metal from the...
The pics aren't his - he got them from the web site selling the coin.
Didn't say it was one my favorites. Those are the only US coin designs I like even at all.
Didn't say the extra material was metal - just that it was there. I think it is probably glue. Be that as it may, as you say either of us could...
Read what can be found at the links I provided. The first link contains final info directly from the US Mint, evidence that the Mint produced in a...
Specifically which GSA sales are you referring to ?
Read what and where ? Be more specific.
The pic is pixelated but I think it serves. Look at what appears to be extra material coming from under the top of the mint mark. And it seems...
Your opinion was discussed at length by many at the time. But the coins were not burnished after striking. The planchets were burnished prior to...
Banks don't sell gold coins. If you want a new one, you can get that from the US Mint. For a 2007 a coin dealer is your best bet. Storage in an...
Krause list value at $20 in that condition. And it was struck at the private mint of Dirk Bosch at Enkhuisen - not the West Friesland mint.
True enough, but if a coin is going to turn in the slab, it's going to do it before 10 years passes. And if it happens after that - it's your own...
Yes, I like Frankies. Like Kennedy the half too, always have. I knew John Kennedy, perhaps that's why. And just in case you didn't get it -...
Added mint mark would be my guess.
Better make that before 1700 spock, milled coinage began in 1643. And the first Proof coins were made shortly after that. And Ben is correct,...
At one point in time everything on a die was created by using punches. It was quite a complicated process.
Amen
You mean once I woke up ? Didn't say anything, just passed out again :rolleyes:
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