Coin Chemistry is a book that rocked my world. It slammed my wallet shut for 6 months. It put in perspective what and why I am seeing certain...
I just recieved the latest Bowers auction catalog and I was stunned to see the large volume of toned coins being offered in this sale. I read here...
Anytime you submit a problem coin with ones that aren't, it is easy to assume all the coins in the lot have been messed with and will be looked at...
All the cents look good to me, although I cant tell if they are hairlined or not from pictures, but appear authentic. I would drop the morgan as...
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Looks to me to be a sheered digit. Possibly from a roller machine. Post mint damage and would actually hurt the value in my opinion.
Don't let these guys pile on and bust your purchase. Blue copper isn't always tricked up and even if it was that coin is market acceptable. Gold,...
I love this topic. I first bought a safe for my firearms as a classy and orderly way to store them. Mainly to keep them from being mishandled. I...
I would have to say the Obverse of the Lincoln Cent. This coin is dripping with art nouveau composition. With high detail in the beard and ear of...
For me I see a few sleepers in the Lincoln Cent series. It is a mistake for the Lincoln collector to look at mintages only and overlook...
I think a person selling a coin can ask whatever he wants for shipping. Nobody ever accounts for the hastle of correctly packaging a coin, then...
I love this post and it piqued my interest as one of my main coin collections is a short set of early date Lincolns in 65 BN...
There is a difference between a S mint VDB and a p mint. The periods are spaced differently after the D. On the S mint the period is spaced evenly...
Check out the TY on liberty, they need to be much thicker than the rest of the letters to be the correct obverse. Also, compare the moto which...
The coin has the correct diagnostics for a real coin. Its not in a slab because its a no-grade for the color and prob other reasons if you could...
I was given six rolls of steel Lincolns by my father. Somebody paid for booze with them at the grocery store in the 80's where he worked. I found...
If copper is 3.00 a lb and they can make over 300 cents with it, then the government actually makes money once the coins are monetized. I'm sure...
I like intercept shield boxes. 20 slab boxes stack and are very orderly. Also for higher end coins I use the intercept shield individual slab...
I agree the BIN option works for buyers that find the auction process frustrating. It also protects an coin from being sold at a low price, but I...
I like a new pair of nippers. They come right out and doesn't pose a risk to the coin when doing the extraction from the coins tomb. I...
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