I'm considering exhibiting at the ANA. It's been a LONG time. Anyway, I'm trying to find the depth of the cases they use. My attempts to get that...
I've been trying to photograph the edge of coins with doubling and repeating edge lettering without much luck. I've been told to use a flashlight...
Thare are a couple of coins that have my interest that are up for auction this Sunday. I wonder if the game makes a difference or do coin geeks...
Embarrassingly, I spent way too much time checking the grading and not enough time on the attribution. Obviously, PCGS got this dead wrong and...
According to my calendar this show starts this afternoon and runs 3 or 4 days. Their website is moribund. I’ve never been. Is it worth the effort?...
I've been doing this so long that I rarely can afford to make any additions or upgrades to my collection. (This is why my recent emphasis has been...
I don't get to many shows any more, but this is real close and I've never been. Is it worth fighting Chicago construction and Rosemont traffic?...
Is there any way to tell the approximate date a coin was certified by PCGS? I know the current holders have been used since 1999 and that is some...
I had posted thes thoughts in another forum and thought, maybe, there mught be some interest here: Anyone else watching the FUN auction? Believe...
I hope this is the right forum. I ry to collect single examples of each error type and, generally, I'm not concerned with date or denomination....
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I have a small variety collection - primarily Lincoln Cents. With a few exceptions (e.g. 1969-S Doubled Die) it is a manageable series. One coin...
I'm partial to edge strike pairs, but I was never able to locate a quarter pair until recently. Not perfect, but not a bad example either:...
Every time I'm at a coin show (infrequently) or see pictures of a dealer area, they always seem to be using the same style of desk lamp for...
The presses used in the mid 90's produced error types not seen before or since (at least, to my knowledge). I'm speaking specifically of ram...
I once heard it said, that the opportunity to buy a coin is frequently rarer than the coin. Once in a while, something comes along that fits so...
As I build my error type set, I try to have a good certified example of each type. Obviously, it does not make sense for me to send in low value...
I ran into this coin today: [ATTACH] which is a die chip/crack shaped like a "j" and the coin became known as the San Jose Mint Mark. I got to...
I know the best way to measure a clip is by weight. When I do that, this coin shows it's a 1% clip - obviously, it's larger than that and was...
I was scanning a couple of coins over the weekend and thought it might be worthwhile to show examples of both types of elliptical clips. There...
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