What are die chips?
Rick: How did you get such a great illusion of depth? I presume you were working with a highly reflective coin and that is why the letters seem...
Antonio: The LED sounds like a good idea, but it should be more diffuse. I see heavy shadows on the left of Abe. I'm looking at Rick...
That's an improvement. What was your light source?
Photographing a mirrored coin has the problem of getting too much light to the camera. You obviously were lighting toward the top of the coin...
Maybe the mirror image has confused some observers. Paddyman shows a case of 165 degrees which should have been 180 degrees, thus showing a case...
Rim's Cents: I appreciate your patience in trying to sell me on toning, but I think a natural coin is one that is lurking in cashiers, just as I...
Then why are we able to request what shade we want?
Toning is a deliberate altering of a coin's appearance, including the patina. Cleaning is not at all akin with altering a date, etc (I don't...
BadThad: How can you say Totally Different? They both change appearance, and cleaning is apt to be less drastic.
Do you have any in lemon flavor? And I would be partial to fuchia.
It looks like a planchet error, with the planchet a little wedge shaped.
Why is toning so wonderful while simple cleaning is verboten?
SuperDave. The supposed identified die crack is as cracked as its authors. I have never been so sure in identifying the thin curvature below the...
You'll be more trained for the next bout.
Treashunt. Thank you, but I like to think of Gabby Hayes or several curmudgeons.
I wonder what the mint mark looked like originally. The coin shows considerable wear. That and some accumulation of foreign material makes cause...
It's a post minting error. It's not a crack. It is a circular mark going from the left edge to an area below the double LL. I was able to...
Looks like foreign material, like what is in the window above it.
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