There should be a 3.5 where having a coin is not a stimulus to buy more, but instead to study the coins and the minting processes themselves. Some...
Most of the members in coins for a long time, knows the processes that can create errors in a possible coin during the coining process. Once the...
Personally, I think the VV photos are cruddy. Try #8 on CC, but I do not know if they represent the same DD as everyone wants to be the "namer"...
A shade bit of die deterioration , but just common old age and maybe a wild life. Jim
I would sell the chain and keep the coin for him later. Jim
Large date , sorry, Jim. The 0 is long oval in the large date , more close to circle in small date The end of the 9 loop is flatter( blunt) in...
If you know someone at the bank, and have one or more accounts, they often will help you out, but the banks get the coins from suppliers and have...
It is die deterioration doubling. Notice how the letters have touched or come close to touching the rim. Due to the mint overusing a die to get...
I wasn't a moderator in 2005, I actually more a participant on a couple of other that existed then and busy "experimenting on the internet" :) Jim
When in doubt, calibrate the scale. The portable ones like you show, and also I have , can if moved, get off calibration. I usually calibrate if...
A wexler/flynn class 9.
I really do not know why someone would want to remove the coating ( 1 or few molecules thick) on the coin. I have used it on many coins to PCGS...
Unless all coins are stored in a total vacuum, that is what they are constantly doing, forming bonds with the metal. Maybe only one or two people...
Sorry, full coin before slabbing. jim [ATTACH]
Here is the edge you need to see. This is my 09 proof, see the sharp right angle. No chamfer ( rounding ) as on business strikes\ jim [ATTACH]
Certainly it was more enjoyable to use gold sputter in a vacuum bell to coat the tiny creatures' parts. It was either work in the lab or work for...
Appears to be one of the type 6 DDR for that year. Compare with the photos on coppercoins.com https://www.coppercoins.com/diesearch.php
You can melt them for the following https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/31/82.2 (b) The prohibition contained in § 82.1 against the treatment...
No, I see no doubled die effect. If you are talking about the dark area around the outside of the D , that is normal. The sides can not be...
Any clean glass jar with flat surface top. Glass or porcelain tile on top, galzed side down works great.
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