The mint mark really can move around. Just on the 81-O it can be centered, set left, set right, tilted left, tilted right, doubled in about half...
True, but maybe you just need a lot more data to prove the point. I would keep digging and draw some conclusions. Good luck and thanks for...
As Messydesk knows I got into this pretty deep a while back and you might enjoy this page http://www.1881o.com/date_issues.html No problem...
Once you got the coin in hand it was obviously a fake. Too light and magnetic. We actually tried to VAM it, which was not possible because the...
There was an article in the news about the Secret Service arresting some of these guys out on the west coast a few months ago. I actually bought...
True for many of us, but once the seed is planted I know a lot of people who cycled back into the hobby. It is a great way to learn history and...
I actually like modern gold. The Gold Buffalo is one of the best in my opinion, and I did the First Spouse series. I liked the First Spouse more...
Interesting you said that. I am threatening to live to 130. My wife wants to kick out around 110. So before she goes she is going to pick out a...
I think I need to go to my safe space for a while, I feel threatened by some sort of micro-aggression.
[ATTACH] I cannot take credit for this because I am not a chemist and certainly know less about the topic than someone like Doug Kurz. Doug is...
I liked it also, but PCGS did not. It is an end roll coin that picked up too much tarnish from the wrapper and they would not grade it because of...
Excellent points. I spend a lot of my time on the VAMworld site where the average age is a good bit higher, so my view is probably skewed.
Good question since I understand the TPGs are not real adept at differentiating between AT and real toning. I think you have to view toned coins...
Well old Henry got rid of tons of manure that had to be disposed of each day. If you read the page you saw that in metro areas blocks of the city...
I bemoan fewer kids because I think it is a hobby that starts young, lapses, and then restarts later in life when there are fewer family...
I view slabbed coins very differently than apparently many of those posting who are '11s. Out of necessity I purchase many if not most coins over...
Well the difference in collecting styles and objectives leaves many of us '64s feeling like the hobby is dying. Truthfully it is changing, but...
There is a very good article on CoinWeek today about the changing trends in coin collecting and I think worth a little time to read, and a great...
Nice write ups and they cover a lot of history in a just a few swell chosen words. I believe the phrase "There's gold in them thar' hills!" was...
Well in Morgan Dollar days scooping up the horse poop was considered to be environmentally correct, so mint oil would not have received much mind...
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