Welcome to CT Rory.
You said thankyou to someone in CT? Congratulations! Your a contrarian. :)
I tell you this is an outrageous act of non-linearity.
Someone had it slabbed at a coin show. Then they went to Burger King and ordered a triple whopper with cheese, super size fries and a small...
I don't know what we need. But regulation and zombiecrats would probably be useless.
If the market is pricing coins down, then the market must also be grading the coins to bid the prices it's willing to pay. So the market, 30...
Dipping is always a gamble. But even when it works, if residue is left behind, it will become a future problem.
Not acetone, coin dips. Sorry I don't know what can be done to fix it.
It may not have been rinsed properly after a dip.
Thanks for the link. It is good article from a well known and respected dealer. I sure hope it makes the rounds.
There is also the 1954S San Jose die break. It's a break that begins at the tail of the 5 and curls into the center of the S, which "sort of"...
That would explain waffled coins. They're really a Rorschach ink blot test?
If we only exist in some great cosmic dream, will our coins disappear when the Great Dreamer wakes up?
Anyone else remember this? :) [MEDIA]
There was a COINS magazine writer back in 70's named Carl Allenbaugh. He was quite proud of the fact that Lindbergh's mother was one his school...
Why do some coins have square holes instead of round holes? Or vice/versa.
Rumors of ATM runs in Italy and riots in Germany is what it brings. The irony of it all is the possibility of capital flight from the EU into the...
@girldly Dealers have limited space at coins shows. If they're loaded up with bullion then it comes at the expense of more numismatic items....
BTW, it's a beautiful medal regardless of who modeled it. :)
Yes the chin on your medal resembles the Morgan more than the vignette. But the lips on the vignette look pretty close to the Morgan. And the nose...
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