Late to this thread, but wanted to add my two cents. The '65 Churchill crown is one of those "love it or hate it" coins. I happen to think it's...
Beautiful coin. Wish it were mine. :D
"Airless cover" cracks me up.
Wow! A picture really is worth a thousand words, isn't it? Your assessment of the sins of the US Mint and USPS are spot on. I've never done...
Probably gently dipped at some point in its life, but luster still looks strong. I'd be surprised if it didn't straight grade.
I thought the same. The 63 Franklin is a mint state beauty, but the Walker has been messed with. Either whizzing, or buffing/polishing, I'm not...
What you're talking about is commonly referred to as an OFEC (One From Every Country) collection. The variations and permutations for such a...
I think it's VF.
I've found coins in my local Coinstar machine on only two occasions. One time, it was a solitary silver Roosevelt dime. The other time, it was...
That's Monticello. Hermitage was Andrew Jackson's crib.
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A tin of foreign coins and currency brought home from WW2 by my dad (Pacific theater) and my uncle (Europe) is what first got me interested in...
Zero.
This, this, this! Conquering my fixation on sets (especially date/mint mark sets) breathed new life into a hobby that had grown stale for me and...
Only for a salaried employee. For someone who's self-employed and only gets paid when they're actually doing work (which is what we're talking...
I think you're grossly undervaluing your time.
1, 2 & 4 are too dark, particularly the reverse. 3 is the closest to what I imagine the coin looks like in my mind's eye.
You did good.
Assuming the reverse is comparable, I think there's a very good chance your coin gets a low AU.
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