Looks like a medallion made for jewelry. It even has the loop attached for the pendant.
Dang, that is an awful lot of assumption and conjecture for something that you know to be true! The phenomenon is described here (#1 under...
I don't know anything about Korean coins, but that looks cool. Congrats.
No. I saw your sentence. I'm saying it doesn't make any sense at all. If you're going to make a claim like that, you need to provide either a...
1. How would coin to coin contact cause black marks? Please explain. These look like an improper alloy to me - streaking in the planchet. Thus,...
Do you have a B&M, or are you just online? Have you considered a home safe large enough for everything? There is more risk with this, of course....
Worst giveaway ever ;) Haha! I've always wanted to visit this place, but it is just far enough away that it would have to be a trip.
64+PL is a good grade for this coin. Your second photos showed a lot more field disturbances that were hiding in your first pictures (which is no...
Please don't take offense at this, but honestly - why did you buy these coins? They both have problems, they have both been cleaned, and the1863S...
Strike: 62 Luster: 65 Eye Appeal: 62+ Contact marks: 63/64+ Wow, that strike is pretty bad! Luster appears frosty, which is good. The contact...
No worries. The error specialists live over there, so you'll get more info there.
You need more light on your pictures. Either change your settings to make it brighter, or change your lighting. These pictures are hiding what I'm...
I like the P mint obverse.
There is an Error Forum here specifically for these sorts of things. I see no errors on this coin.
When you get to the AU-50 grade, the luster is generally going to only be found in the protected areas. This particular coin appears to have...
I know that hobbyists still use this mercury technique. My dad likes to go panning for gold in upstate Carolina, and uses mercury to do exactly...
Where do you see cleaning on this coin? I don't see any cleaning. I see some die polish (mint made) and I see a small disturbance in the toning,...
Ever fall off your bike and scrape your shoulder? The same thing happened to this coin. Not an error.
Yes, that recent thread was one of the prompts for me to start doing this. There were a couple of discussions over on the NGC boards of a similar...
Of course I realize he's a troll. That should be obvious from my posts, haha.
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