I rather think the question the OP is asking is what determines which side is the obverse ? Well nornmally the obv is the side with the...
I think it goes more like this - someone here made a bid on that precisely to stop anybody else from getting it and being taken. They never had...
:eek: :eek: God forbid !!
If I've said it once I've said it a thousand times - there is nothing on this planet, or any other for that matter, that has intrinsic value....
And I think more would be gone with cointinued soakings in acetone. From the looks of it, I wouldn't do anything else until after several days of...
Well, some are saying that perhaps the coin is not damaged, that it is some sort of error. OK, I could buy that except for one thing. Exactly what...
Oh I have no problem believing you, I just play a little game with myself when I first look at coins. Surpising how much you can learn by doing...
Because if they started doing it on each other's slabs there would soon be a grading war. Those 2 companies compete against each other so heavily...
Number one is for them to have an opening. Number two is to have a resume that they like. Number three is to pass their test.
I've said for years that I'd never write another. But - I've been thinking about it, although probably not just on that subject.
Correct.
Some of your thinking is a little off. Business strikes, coins struck for use in circulation, do not have mirror fields. Yes, there was a time...
Check those against a 2000 or 2003 Silver Proof set - you'll probably be more confused. The 2009 sets are high right now because of market hype...
You still don't know that it has been done. Nobody ever questioned whether the stuff could be removed Tom - prety much anything can be removed....
I agree 100%. But so does BNB when he says - You guys are saying the same thing. An individual sale, whether it sells for too high or too low,...
There is a machine which has the ability to physically shrink the size of coins. It's been around for years and is fairly well known. Could be you...
While I understand all too well what you are saying, I have always had a problem with that idea. Why ? Just because some individual is willing to...
HA ! :rolleyes: Famous last words. You may as well relent and give in. The dark side has you firmly in its grasp. Forsake all hope ye who...
There was a time when the majority of collectors cleaned and polished their coins. At the time, it was thought to be "the thing" to do.
Could be, could have been paper too.
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