I got fed up with the obvious fakes being advertised on Facebook. American Silver Eagles, $5 apiece, monster boxes of 1894 $20 gold pieces all...
Interesting. My understanding was that acetone which had dissolved surface crud left a bit of residue behind and should be quickly washed with...
More pics of the 1925 Peace, after soaking in distilled water to neutralize the Acetone: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] I'm also soaking a...
Picked up a few more "culls" to experiment on. I'll try to upload the full gallery of before pics later, but they were taken with a pretty lousy...
Are there any other "made from" coins in your collection? I have a piece of Irish gun money, and some of the Japanese aluminum yen from 1944 were...
The broadstrike compounds grading problems inherent in these coins. Especially by the time the second curled L had broken, the dies were extremely...
These come in a few varieties (large or small crown, curled L's, last L curled, or pointed L's). They were also made in bronze & copper, both of...
My favorite US cent is actually a centavo. One of the proof only issues from the US territory of the Philippines: [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
That would be newsprint transfer. You might even be able to ID the date of the paper it was wrapped up in from that many letters/words...
Just picked up this high grade 1944 S 50 centavo. I think it ticks off the boxes for the newly discovered mule (if mule is the right word for...
I work estate sales, where "cash only" is prominently posted on our door, but a fair number of customers expect to be able to pay via CC on large...
Ah, but *what* 1886 Morgan? At the time, mintmark's were rarely even noticed by collectors. It could be a proof 1886 (p) or one of the semi-key...
Another reason might be that they need to go to a bank and get additional funds (but want to avoid 2 trips to the bank). I voted 4 hours, but...
This got bumped up on my feed recently due to some comment likes. Thought I'd bump it in the thread due to the excellent discussion about...
I'm aware. The mint made presentation sets as early as the 1804 sets, but I'm curious how proofs were packaged, marketed, & made available to...
Any thoughts on grade?
Thanks. I thought that looked like some kind of clashed or repunched die, but with the general wear wasn't sure it was PMD or not. I'll look for...
Love it! I'm curious - when did the mint begin making proof coins available as sets?
This one's a bit rough. I'm not familiar with the series, but I'm fairly confident on the 1788 date. The horse's head on this piece doesn't seem...
What's the Italian connection to St. George? It seems like there's always a different angle for interpreting historical figures based on cultural...
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