Bye Felicia... You came here, asked for our opinions, ignored and argued with people far, far, more expert than myself.
Wrong The reeded edge is applied by the collar at the time of striking the coin. Often called the 3rd side or 3rd edge. If there is no collar,...
The photos are - politely - useless and blurry... If the weight is low, it's possible it was trimmed down on a lathe.
Please... nothing that complex Buy a left-over pool noodle at the discount store. A serrated knife cuts them like butter. When you buy the next...
Pretty sure your white balance is measured in Kelvins and your minimal focal distance in inches, but I get the meaning :-) For the record,...
Buzz Nope Select SOLD Sold is a subset. Completed includes listings that ended whether sold or not.
I did recently upgrade my lighting to the "TOMLOV Digital Microscope Gooseneck LED Fill Lights, 6-Watt Aluminum Auxiliary Spotlights with Dimmable...
One person's cheap is $20, another's is $1,000... There is a very good, but dense, long-running thread across the street (ATS) on serious...
Oh, it's easy... Other people's royalty are funny. If it were the idijits you were paying for not so much.
To my tastes, PCGS is a little too proud of their plastic. NGC includes wider data (esp. for world coins), but neither is a really good indicator....
Chemical plating (not electro plating, that comes much later)
No probs. I just lie on surveys.
Not according to their accounting https://www.usmint.gov/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/2021-US-Mint-Annual-Report.pdf Check the chart for...
The restriction on the ASE mintage was - reportedly - due to inability to acquire sufficient planchets. The law requires the mint to procure...
And it's clearly printed on top of the security features. It's simply that the alcohol-based stamp-pad ink isn't sticking to the intaglio printed...
By law, the mint has to cover its costs on numismatic products. I personally think the are putting too much of the fixed costs in that bucket....
When it comes to the impaired proof stand-ins, well, even if they aren't perfect, I love them all :-) [ATTACH]
Larry has the right of it. Now a word of caution -- posting pocket change and too many of those at once - is a good way for you to be ignored by...
Ron Guth's comments in PCGS CoinFacts "beware of proofs masquerading" and the comment on 1885 imply there are ways to differentiate. WRT my 3CS...
Nope ... coins on either side of it are different MEXICO 1925 M 20C EF 45 MEXICO MEXICO 1924 M PESO AU 58 MEXICO NETH 1887 10C MS 61 NETH
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