But it's important to remember that is not the only way, or time, finning occurs. Dies can be perfectly aligned and finning can still occur. It...
Price guides - ALL OF THEM - are worthless, worse than worthless ! The only thing you can trust or have any confidence in are realized auction...
It's always good to experiment so you can see things with your own eyes. But sometimes it's been for you kinda like it was here -...
I'd send the pics to Dan if I were you, could be an interesting story that goes along this coin, assuming he can pin it down a bit. For instance,...
I understand what you mean, but what you said isn't accurate. All coins tone, all of them. The accurate way to say what you're trying to get...
Silver toning to a shade of grey, dark grey, and even black is perfectly normal. Grey and dark grey is also the most common color of toning there...
Pretty much everybody. But then that's because there is a specific law that states that you have to guarantee authenticity because title cannot be...
The rarest of the rare, sans hat & glasses - in disguise IOW - and a 100 years ago :) [ATTACH]
I've always liked aphorisms, and whenever I see one like that one I always ask myself - is there a counter aphorism ? In this case one popped into...
Often imitated, never duplicated ........ ..... there can be only one ! :cool:
Jason if you read the whole thread I referenced you should have noticed that I refer to having read about coins being adjusted post strike in...
You apparently realize it but not sure some others do. When you trace the word dentil to its Latin root, denticle is the diminutive form. In other...
A lot of folks "think" that, but it's not true at all.
https://www.cointalk.com/threads/heraldic-eagle-adjustment-marks.195079/#post-1304332
Well, you basically have two choices. Ya either do it that way, or you refine the gold down to its pure form and then add in specific...
They are, always have been. Ya see, when ya get right down to it, a denticle is nothing more than a small dentil.
Some were put in soft packaging, but far from all of them. There are many, many coins that were placed in different hard plastic holders that did...
Yeah, it's always the alloy that causes color differences. But the thing is, the alloy is not always intentionally what it is, but quite often...
That's what they are, simply contact marks. The black color is a trick of the light really, same kind of thing happens to silver coins as well....
Your 2nd set of pics confirm what the 1st set of pics say, that the coin has been severely polished.
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