Ten down, five to go. 1809, 9 over inverted 9, Classic Head Half Cent [Image deleted. See new version below.] Not my final picture. I want...
First, the suggestion. SUGGESTION: CoinTalk members wear a badge at shows to identify themselves to other CT members. I'm sure I've walked right...
Anyone going to be there? On either side of the tables? I expect to be there Friday the 25th. I'll probably take Amtrak up from DC. Driving...
While working with the images of dimes I thought, 'This denomination has GOT to have the most varieties!' Then I got to the quarters. But that's...
This is a continuing problem I have with photographing proof coins. It looks like the coin was wiped with dirty water in the 10-4 direction. It...
The last coins I posted (#6) were 5-cent coins (nickels) in copper-nickel. Unless you are REALLY into Shield or Liberty V nickels they don't get a...
From what I've seen, the two 19th century nickel 5-cent series (Shield and Liberty V) have never been widely popular with collectors. Don't know...
After a short vacation and correcting some technical problems (focus and scratched slabs) I'm back with my "dog and pony" show. Plus I think they...
Since this topic has popped up a couple times recently, here's an example of one I just did: Before: [IMG] After (notice many scratches...
It's been a while since I added to my collection. Here's the latest goodie. I'm working on a business strike Classic Head half cent set. The...
I've got 4 days in Vegas and I was thinking of stopping in some pawn shops to see what they had. But then I thought those guys may be so used to...
Here are some of my older cents from my type set. I had to polish the front of this slab. LOTS of scratches. Too bad I didn't look at the back....
Okay, the plastic scratch remover I bought works. I don't think I completely solved the problem, but that's just a matter of more elbow grease....
Now I'm working with my type set. A Few Coins from My Collection #3 showed an example of the two latest date half cents. The only other half cent...
I just received my Novus plastic cleaner kit. Not surprisingly part of the instructions say, "Test in an inconspicuous area!" The first slab I...
Here's a couple of examples from my half cent collection. The Braided Hair (Coronet) set is complete in business strikes. In the Classic Head set...
Here's the two Washington quarter keys (not counting varieties). The interesting part is the ANACS slab for the 1932-D. 1932-D 25C/SCRATCHED//EF...
Because I got a new camera, I'm re-imaging my collection, many of the coins for the third time (that's not the fun part). So as I go along I'll...
While looking over my older US Mint Sets, I noticed the two 1956-D cents were rainbow toned. The two Philly cents were untoned Red or RB. No idea...
I have a run of silver US Mint Sets from 1954 to 1964 in original packaging. The 1954 through 1958 sets are the double sets in paper/cardboard...
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