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Re: Smithsonian numismatic treasures

I stopped back by to get more/better photos for u guys...

Raufus

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Re: Is there anybody here that does slab restoration?

So, @USMarine6 sent me the coin a few days ago. This one was pretty tough. It looked like a layer of some sort of plastic, epoxy, or something over the viewing area. It had mostly been scratched/peeled off, but was still really visible.

I tried just some PlastX, but needed to sand the area down to get the gunk off, then polish it back smooth. The recessed label area was harder to work on than the viewing window of the coin and there's a bit of ripple across that area..... but at least it's better:

BryceM

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Re: How About A Victorian Halfcrown? Not Much On These Boards

I don’t recognize it. But it’s a nice coin.

I tried posting Indian, French, and English items, but there wasn’t much conversation about them, so the threads die out quickly.

Here’s an item that I won early this morning at the MDC e-auction. It’s either a galvano of the obverse of the medal that Charles Pillet designed for Credit Lyonnaise, or an electrotype made into a decorative wall hanging. (Pillet designed the service medal for Credit Lyonnaise in 1910. The medal is 80mm diameter whereas this piece is 240mm.) This probably hung in some office of the company at some point. The guy is Henri Germain, the founder.

The reason for my interest is, of course, Pillet also designed the famous Horse Peso of Mexico, and this is perhaps another pattern (galvano) of his.

Small bit of damage where a screw came through the wood at 3:00.

pruebas

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Re: How About A Victorian Halfcrown? Not Much On These Boards

Lovely young Vickie, there. Here she is in the last year of her life.

(NGC MS63)

lordmarcovan

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Re: The 2026 Silver Proof Set is a potential winner

I am wondering if 2026 will be last year collector coins are produced on the West Coast ?

The 2026S Silver & The 2026S baseless metal clad sets could be the end.

With this in mind, well, my mind...

Here's an odd & curious San Francisco production error 40% silver dollar that I was over the moon to add to my error archive:

Mr Lindy

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Re: Value of a BGS #57 Jordan?

I would send to PSA as crossover with min grade PSA 8.5. If it doesn’t land PSA 8.5+, then send to 4SC to auction as the BGS 9. Great card!!

jordangretzkyfan

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Re: Smithsonian numismatic treasures

My grubby hands have held most of those 🙂

Fun fact: when the old exhibit was taken down in 2003, I got to keep the mirrors mounted behind the 3 1804 dollars to show the reverses. Still have them.