With the weight of the rolls, your best deal is going to be using a flat rate box from USPS. Just put some padding to fill up the box and make...
NGS or NGC? One of these is a reputable company. One of these is intentionally deceitful and trying to make you think you're buying something...
Don't post in the "new acquisitions" thread. Most people don't look at that. Start a new thread.
Many of the bears look more like bears. But, knowing that bears are a thing on modern reproductions, I instantly recognized this as a bear.
I tend to disagree and think that almost everything is worth preserving. Hence my asking the question. But, that's my opinion and I don't own the...
Is this the first US coin with a privy mark? As far as I know, it is.
For me, I'd have to satisfactorily answer a few questions to myself before I cracked them: 1. Is the slab doing harm to the coins? Some plastics...
I'm glad that @RonSanderson posted this example. Another key identifier of modern reproductions or imitations is a bear - many modern imitations...
The ones on the front page are "Featured" articles. I don't think there's any way to search for just featured articles. If you know who wrote it,...
I'm not saying it isn't there, but I don't see the cleaning in your pictures.
This is actually a modern reproduction, most likely made in the 1960s or 1970s. It has none. It is a modern replica in the style of a California...
STAY AWAY FROM THAT SELLER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That seller is notorious for selling cleaned, polished, mis-described, problem...
Were you using MS-70? That is well known to create the blue toning you see there. It is not uncovering it - it is causing a reaction with...
If two went for $700 and one for $750... did you really pay way too much? That seems to be where they are trading. I'd say the opposite is...
Most importantly, it looks to be clearly FH. The actual grade of the coin..... very hard to determine from those pictures. Somewhere between 58-65
Acetone won't affect natural toning. I don't see any "rainbow" toning on that coin, however.
I think it was cleaned a long time ago and retoned. I certainly wouldn't pay a premium for this toning, its generic neutral eye appeal. I think...
I want to see it too! Start a thread and post it here!
I own many coins. But quite often, this is my favorite: [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Wow, these guys are good! Just a helpful tip - on coin #4, see the round flower looking device at the top of the reverse? Any time you see that,...
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