DO NOT SCRAPE VALUABLE COINS. Weigh them. The proper weights for a clad and silver planchet are easy to find and that's a definitive test. Yes,...
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I would say their reputation hasn't improved, but I would say it hasn't deteriorated further.
1872 3 cent silver, which I posted GTG a month back. GTG 1872 Trime (3 cent silver) I dug out my microscope to take a shot of the rims looking...
Or maybe a colored border with a white background for the printing?
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Actually, no, it's PSD and it's in your head. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pareidolia
You can dig here: https://patents.google.com/?q=knuckle&q=joint&q=press although I don't know what you will find.
ACG was a perfectly reputable slabbing company at the start. In fact, the 1st patent for a coin slab is the ACG photoslab. However, they were...
I wouldn't say EASY, but you can see the blob of the 6 and the flat top of the 7. Weight would have excluded 1977 and this was probably slabbed...
Go ahead... I posted the backs of my various Iowa labels at that other site in reply to your message, here they are again Dot matrix 60xxxE2...
If you use envelopes that don't meet the "machinable" standards of height vs. width and thickness, they don't go through the high speed...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] Of course, this was from Iowa...
Given the overall pink cast (wrong white balance on the camera), it's hard to tell what the actual shade of the insert was. In hand, it's clearly...
25c Grease filled die or maybe a die chip - need pictures to be sure. Both are fun, not terribly valuable.
Yes their online portal allows you to bid during live auctions. There is no additional fee beyond the normal buyer premium. If you have a decent...
Conder is color blind. Seriously. I once had a color blind boss who spent half a morning making all the colors on Windows 3.1 look nice to his...
Not tired at all... watching the birth of a hugely valuable numismatic tool. With a library of known good examples, and a half way square...
It may be less 'rare' than 'condition rarity'. The people who bought it, bought it to use - serious collectors. So there aren't many copies...
I think your work & idea is wonderful. The final drawing alone will exclude a host of counterfeit examples. I'm also not willing to give up on...
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