Great questions, even if I am only asking them of myself. Smoothed - I try not to get as far as the patina and only smooth the residual crud from...
@dougsmit Thanks for the feedback. I think I am finished with this Hadrian. We got a lot of talk out of it. I enjoyed the talk and the coin. [ATTACH]
Here is one of mine: [ATTACH]
Nice find.
@sand Thanks for the comments. These are good comments and good questions. I've been collecting since 1948 and there isn't much left for me to...
Thanks for the help. I like these also because I have fun cleaning and identifying them. Inexpensive and very difficult to end up with something...
I don't think I am doing any "tooling". I am not removing any base metal. I am removing 2000 years of built-up dirt. It needs to be removed in...
Thanks, I appreciate all the help. When I get it zeroed in I will put my findings up.
Well, there are some things that are discouraged. I sometimes go a bit beyond what may be normal acceptance standard. I try not to disturb the...
Here is a 1910 LWC that someone plated: [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
These aren't finished yet. I need to get more detail. This is what it looked like when I started. [ATTACH]
Here are photos of each showing the die crack going to the rim. That should demonstrate the defect. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I don't know what else it could be. If you look at the bottom of the shoulder on all three you can see the crack goes all the way to the rim. I...
Thanks 6.25 g 25 mm
I can't get a lead on this coin. It is very rough and I can't pick up enough info to get a start. Any help would be appreciated. [ATTACH]...
Confirmation of the conditions displayed on the 3 coins the subject of this post doesn't require good eyes as much as it requires open eyes.
Do you know how difficult it is to line that hair up exactly the same way on three different coins? A guy needs real good eyes and real good...
And here are two more with identical die cracks. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
So, you think Ed has better eyes or knows die cracks better?
It is very faint above the neck turning back towards the ear. I found three of them in some I have had since they were available at the banks....
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