Welcome to Cointalk! My son began metal detecting here in the Eastern US last summer and has found many interesting and valuable finds....
I have a 1920 S Lincoln cent for sale that has "machine" doubling and I am asking only $150,000.00 for it.
I have one somewhere in a VF20 slab. I'll try to pull it and take a look-see comparison but I would run from this if only because of the seller's...
Shows how hard it is to grade by pictures......
A very wise numismatist once told me....... "......David, if you aren't making mistakes, you aren't buying enough coins!"
So Kurt does believe in buying and selling gold and silver the same way all of us want to. Hummmmm.......
Yes. Either way, depending on the coin. Word of warning: On AU coins, MS70 often makes them look worse because the slight wear area will be a...
I, personally, don't watch coin videos. I value a close-up, focused still picture of a coin. I am not sure why I would want to watch a video?
Don't let the disappointment deter you. keep looking. That is how the good ones are found!
If there is very unattractive dirt or organic material on a coin, I might use a little MS70 on a Q-tip. It seems to remove most dirt pretty well...
That looks like it might be glue stuck on the coin.
You are absolutely correct and state a reason why I seldom list on the Bay. I have been into coins for 48 years and a dealer for about 35. I...
I put together a set of Proof Liberty Nickels. It was fun.
It's BURRRRRRR here too.
One can offer a coin for sale at whatever price one chooses anywhere one wants. It might sell on a site and be offered for 20X the auction price...
I think it's a flea whisker......
No. Ag 03
Of course they were fake. Those things are all over the place.
".....whereas my possibly imminent demise was, and at the time seemingly inexplicably so, reduced to a far lesser afterthought." I get that. Now...
Raretim made himself rare.
Separate names with a comma.