SO, I'm going to attempt to grade my mercury dimes. And while researching the various grades and those coins currently on sale that have been...
Oh, man, THANKS so much for this info!!!! Really appreciate it. (And BTW, I love that you're a "Minister of Silly Walks." I was a big MP fan when...
OMG - just visited & played. LoL.... LOVE THIS SITE. HA!! Thank you!
I agree..... I really have NO IDEA what I'm doing now. And as with so many other areas in life, when that's the situation...... do nothing. LoL!
Given the following laws, where is the benefit of gathering together all of my junk copper coins & junk silver coins that have no significant...
YES!!! I have the red Book, and several other books, including grading by photographs, the Bowers series (as many as I could afford), Greatest...
Yes, this period for me is all about learning, reading, understanding. There's so very much for me to intellectually inhale, even to just get the...
TBH, I am soooo ignorant of EVERYTHING, I'd have no idea what to trade them for, no idea how to even use Numista, and no idea what I'm doing at...
I yes, I agree these are less than AG.... I was just using AG as the lowest standard of measure. These dimes were definitely less than AG.
They are not quite as bad, but seem to not at all be up to any level that will make them worth anything more than junk silver. Here's a pic. [ATTACH]
Sadly, I have several mercury dimes that are so worn there is no date any more. I am assuming these should just be relegated to my bag of junk...
HEY ALL, I'm a new collector here. And having so much fun... Most all of my coins (pennies, mercury dimes, silver quarters, etc) are ALL low end....
Ahhhh yes, I see, it appears to be raised and up TO the rim, but just missing actual conjoining with the rims true edge to form like.... a.... as...
Is the determining difference between a "die chip" vs a true "cud" simply the size of the blob? And regarding die chips, apparently like mine,...
Yes, there is a hit. But it doesn't seem connected. The raised blop is truly like a little fill of paint, or leaked silver from the edge. That's...
This documented one, which found on the above-linked website linked about documented CUD errors, is kinda what mine looks like—except mine is over...
Well, sigh, as if it wasn't difficult enough, now we've got BOTH MDD + real DD on the SAME coin!!!!.......... Thanks.... lol
Another four shots from different angle with different lighting[ATTACH]
Ok, here are more pics from different angles and varying lighting. The little blob above the T is DEFINITELY raised. It looks sorta like.... as if...
hey all, Continue as a newbie to look thru the few coins I have acquired. Is this a teeny-tiny "cud," up by the rim of this 1958 Benjamin? The...
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