I see lots of luster, but I can't tell whether the duller areas on the hair and wing are wear or just not fully struck. AU63? :rolleyes:
I thought the Big Two (and maybe ANACS) would not slab a coin where they couldn't be sure of the date AND mint. Anyone will slab a genuine 1916...
If I can trust the online calculator I just found, that's 8% compound interest per year. Not bad, but the S&P 500 during the same time returned...
Yep. They're buying at ~1.1% below spot, selling at ~1.8% above. Sell price is 2.9% above buy price. Sometimes buy offers are above spot, but...
Based on my experience at today's local show, margins are compressing, and buy prices from dealers are lagging spot. I just checked...
So, yeah, I had to go and look up Cartier 18K frames. Why would you want to have glasses made from a heavier metal instead of a lighter one? I...
Eh, my Apple stock begs to differ. (My Nortel stock, not so much. :rolleyes:)
Right there with you. I carried a 1994 ASE, harshly cleaned, as a pocket piece for more than five years. I sometimes consciously rubbed it against...
...but not today, so no sale. :( My go-to dealer wasn't there; in fact, I haven't seen him at a show in quite a while. I think he's moved on to...
Yeah, having verified the weight and composition, I think I'd be compelled to go back and treat her a bit better. I know sterling trades at a...
I have the impression that coin gold, alloyed with copper, is a lot harder than pure gold. But I'm having trouble finding actual...
Reminds me of the one time Larry Briggs showed up at our local show, with a massive array of SEGS-slabbed coins. I made some comment about "some...
It always makes me a little sad to see a family heirloom reduced to a commodity. But it makes me sadder to see people saddled with ever-growing...
All well and good, but I'm considering taking a bit of profit. There's a coin show today, and there are usually dealers there making strong...
MS Peace dollars as a whole have very different luster from Morgan dollars. I think @desertgem posted photomicrographs in an old thread showing...
In the early days of computer graphics, when memory was still terribly expensive, people would try to use as little of it as possible to store an...
Paging @GDJMSP with his AGE pocket piece. No guarantees that any of this wear happened during the Depression -- it could be a problem piece that...
From its MSDS, I.D. Red would be equally harmless -- it's hydrocarbons with 5-10% isopropyl alcohol. More toxic than acetone, though, to be sure....
I think of a magician's coin as one where someone combined faces from two different genuine coins. I sure hope no one machined away the reverses...
Welcome to CoinTalk! It looks like you're using a USB microscope for your photos. Is there a way for you to back it further away from the coin so...
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