This may be a dumb question, but what do these acronyms stand for?
XF or AU (need better pics) and < $5.
Your aversion to yellow reminds me of a woman who used to work for me. The mere sight of yellow cheese would make her visibly nauseous. Apparently...
Not off base. I grew up in Oklahoma, where the Trail of Tears ended. Some of my closest lifelong friends are descendants of the Native Americans...
My toast from breakfast this morning. Could it be...? [IMG]
Very nice. I have the same coin. Never got around to photographing it, but here are the seller's pics. An acetone bath got rid of the haze. A very...
Doesn't seem inconsistent with the grade assigned. Some AU coins have a lot of eye appeal, some don't. Sometimes you can tell from the seller's...
The willingness and strength to walk away is one of the greatest character traits a coin collector can possess.
Literally in a matter of seconds. Less time than it would take to pick up the aforementioned microfiber cloth and engage in patting or blotting.
Breathtaking! It's things like this that remind me of my place as an insignificant spec in the collecting universe! :D
Admittedly I seldom have $100 bills in my wallet, but I can't recall a single time when a merchant refused my cash payment. Not saying it hasn't...
Very nice. You gave a lovely old coin a new lease on life.
At some point I'll be able to stop and take more pics, just not now. I've owned the coin for probably 20+ years, so obviously I'm not in any...
The photo I posted is the best I have, and unfortunately I'm not in a position right now to take more.
I've found plenty of high quality reference photos, but they haven't helped. I have to wonder if the distinction between high and low relief would...
Good to know it's not just me. :D
This is a quick-n-dirty taken several years ago that may not tell you much. Somehow I managed to bungle the lighting to the point that the coin...
I've owned a raw AU/UNC 1915 peso for years. And for almost as many years, I've tried to determine if it's the scarcer low relief variety. It...
He isn't going to do harm to ANY coin by cleaning it properly . . . "cleaning it properly" being the operative phrase. Neither water nor acetone...
You received 3 valuation opinions: post #2 ($10), post #3 ($10), and post #4 ("a dollar or two over melt"). He had already answered your original...
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