I’m just thread-herding, here (bumping this up so it’s at the top with the still-active contests).
I’ll bet it’s illegal as heck. @expat might know.
[ATTACH] It is indeed an (already empty) Vienna sausage can which was purloined from the recycling bin by the guilty, lip-licking party. Those...
Those old fashioned India ink collector numbers inked directly onto the coin are a different matter, but also kind of a similar issue....
These two are on their way back from PCGS. Comments on the submission here. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Just got my latest submission back. As is usually the case with me, it's a mixed bag of stuff, heavy on US Type. 1853 large cent Results: XF40 As...
At least you didn’t pass a kidney stone without realizing it! LOL
Yes, it's residue from some old piece of paper. Personally, I don't find it all that objectionable.
So you said, but I don't remember your arrival. It just kind of seemed like you'd been here all along. I joined in 2007 but only posted about...
I just updated the first two posts to add some basic descriptions of what the coins are. I was initially working from my phone when I posted this...
This might be the only time in history I've outpaced the mighty @panzerman! Wow.
As mentioned, it's a so-called "magician's coin". Someone (outside the mint) machined out the reverse of a pound coin and mounted the penny into...
I like the expanded description, but I personally would have put those stickers on the outside of a clear 3" x 4" poly bag with the coin inside,...
Does look like a baking soda cleaning.
I'd contact the seller, but would give them the benefit of the doubt and not be too hard on them. I don't think there was any deliberate...
I think that depends on whom you ask. Many (maybe even most) diehard traditionalist Ancients collectors would tell you no, and some might even go...
I've done OK with MA-shops, but do try to avoid anything that looks harshly cleaned. This one was cleaned to death, and it shows even in the...
Ditto. @Inspector43 is a master of understatement. :) That cob with the Port Royal provenance is very interesting! I don't recall having seen...
Indeed it should, if they had followed tradition. [MEDIA] (*Different CAROLVS REX, but you get the idea.) ;)
I like how the first one has the "HEATON BIRM'M" mintmark spelled out, instead of just an "H" mintmark like one sees on some of the British and...
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