@dadams said:
I'm in, I would suggest not submitting coins received as part of a promotional mailing campaign
Tip: People collect these things so don't throw it away and don't remove the cent!
Well that's good to know - I've removed countless cents and even dollar bills from mass marketing mail received. Guess I'll start saving them. Thanks for your tip!!!!
Count me in. Tip:Buy the book,before you look,so you don't get took. That Peace Dollar lamination sure would look nice in my lamination collection Thanks for the chance..
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When grading Walking Liberty half dollars, check for wear on the reverse before the obverse. The first point of light wear appears on the eagle's breast feathers and can be easily spotted if tilted under good lighting.
The first point of wear on a Buffalo nickel is on the buffalo's hip.
The best way to grade twenty-cent pieces is first to consider the wear pattern of the reverse. The wear pattern (and strike) is more uniform on the reverse as compared with the obverse. The use of letters in LIBERTY on the shield as the primary determinant of wear is an antiquated method of grading this series.
Numismatist Ordinaire See http://www.doubledimes.com for a free online reference for US twenty-cent pieces
Be very patient when working on your coin sets, be it type or a series, registry or raw. It's more fun to look at an incomplete set filled with attractive, eye-appealing coins over a complete set with scrubbed out or just plain ugly coins.
One feature peculiar to San Francisco minted cents is that during the 1940s and 1950s they were weakly struck, but when minting resumed in 1968 the strikes were a lot deeper than before - so much so that they stick out when you are searching rolled cents. They exhibit a deeper strike, deeper fields and higher rims than their contemporaries from Denver or Philly.
Tir nam beann, nan gleann, s'nan gaisgeach ~ Saorstat Albanaich a nis!
@YQQ said: "Are hairlines always the cause of a cleaning attempt? Or could these occur naturally during the minting process?"
There are two marks on coins that many call hairlines. In numismatics, a hairline is a very, very, thin line (thinner than a human hair) on a coins surface. Often the only way to see them is to tip the coin and rotate it into a certain orientation to the light. Any very, very, tiny scratches (hairlines) on a die will usually produce very, very tiny raised "die polish" on a coins surface. Many folks incorrectly call these tiny raised polish marks hairlines. It can be confusing. True hairlines happen to a coin after it is struck. They can occur in many ways including wiping a coin at the mint while processing it (probably rare)!
At one time, I thought that every coin with hairlines was cleaned. Not so. After a coin leaves the Mint, it can become hairlined. Take a look at some modern Proof Silver Eagles. Random hairlines are usually due to some form of mishandling. When the hairlines are dense, parallel, and copious it usually indicates cleaning.
Note that the ANA Grading Guide says that a coin can have "continuous hairlining" over its entire surface and still be straight graded as low MS.
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@Treashunt said:
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I hate waiting too! I will be doing the drawing later today as I need to cut up the slips with the new names.
@Treashunt said:
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I hate waiting too! I will be doing the drawing later today as I need to cut up the slips with the new names.
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Before I announce the winners I will be changing future giveaways! In my first giveaway that many here entered, the name of a member who collects counterfeits was picked and to keep the giveaway looking "honest," we picked another winner.
In this contest I left all the previous names in the pot. As a result, some members had 4 chances to win while others had 3, 2, or 1. Well, in the future, there will only be one chance for each member BECAUSE...
First winner is: @Coin4Sale He gets first choice of the three prizes. PM me with your address.
Second Pick was: @1630Boston Yikes! We have PM'ed each other before and this would look "fishy" so he get's the second choice.
Since this result "smelled" to me, they drew another name: Boston1630! NO WAYI What are the chances as the slips are really mixed good. I think he had 4 entries in the pot.
Anyway, we drew another name and that winner is: @KellenCoin He get's whatever piece the others don't pick.
@BLUEJAYWAY said:
A request please. Whomever receives the Peace Dollar lamination prize, if possible could you post a photo of said coin? Thank you in advance.
I cannot take full frame photos and we've been too busy at work for the image guy to do it. I'll post a photo of the lamination - it's small.
@BLUEJAYWAY said:
A request please. Whomever receives the Peace Dollar lamination prize, if possible could you post a photo of said coin? Thank you in advance.
I cannot take full frame photos and we've been too busy at work for the image guy to do it. I'll post a photo of the lamination - it's small.
Thank you for that.
Successful transactions:Tookybandit. "Everyone is equal, some are more equal than others".
@BLUEJAYWAY said: "A request please. Whomever receives the Peace Dollar lamination prize, if possible could you post a photo of said coin? Thank you in advance."
Packing up the prizes. One winner, @1630Boston, has requested that I send his prize (the laminated dollar) to BlueJay! What a great gesture!
@BLUEJAYWAY Please PM me with your mailing address. Thanks Boston!
@DBSTrader2 said: "Can you just keep on picking until MY name comes up?! "
Having contests is easy for me; but getting the prizes shipped is very difficult. I'll have another soon as I have lots of stuff to give away as long as I can link the contest to "numismatic education."
Just WOW! I would like to publicly thank 1630 Boston for their most generous gift of the laminated Peace Dollar. It will reside in my collection next to my other laminated pieces. With the notation of where it came from. Much thanks again Boston.
Successful transactions:Tookybandit. "Everyone is equal, some are more equal than others".
@Insider2 said: @BLUEJAYWAY said: "A request please. Whomever receives the Peace Dollar lamination prize, if possible could you post a photo of said coin? Thank you in advance."
Packing up the prizes. One winner, @1630Boston, has requested that I send his prize (the laminated dollar) to BlueJay! What a great gesture!
@BLUEJAYWAY Please PM me with your mailing address. Thanks Boston!
PM sent.
Successful transactions:Tookybandit. "Everyone is equal, some are more equal than others".
I have so many contests lined up and so many coins to give away that I could run one-a-day. The problem is that running a contest is easy, getting to time to pack, and mail the prizes is very difficult! If the contests were not so much fun, I should not do them. Thankfully, everyone has been patient with my procrastination!
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Well that's good to know - I've removed countless cents and even dollar bills from mass marketing mail received. Guess I'll start saving them. Thanks for your tip!!!!
I am so novice and has no tip worth mentioning but I would like to participate.
How about this tip: buy whatever pleases your heart and stay happy
I'm in! Thank you.
CAC's murder on Franklin FBLs. Those lines had better be solid.
Here's a warning parable for coin collectors...
Count me in. Tip:Buy the book,before you look,so you don't get took. That Peace Dollar lamination sure would look nice in my lamination collection Thanks for the chance..
Sign me up, my generous good fellow!
When grading Walking Liberty half dollars, check for wear on the reverse before the obverse. The first point of light wear appears on the eagle's breast feathers and can be easily spotted if tilted under good lighting.
The first point of wear on a Buffalo nickel is on the buffalo's hip.
The best way to grade twenty-cent pieces is first to consider the wear pattern of the reverse. The wear pattern (and strike) is more uniform on the reverse as compared with the obverse. The use of letters in LIBERTY on the shield as the primary determinant of wear is an antiquated method of grading this series.
See http://www.doubledimes.com for a free online reference for US twenty-cent pieces
Sign me up. I could always use a freebie !!!
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You cannot win if you don't enter.
Sign me up there!
Be very patient when working on your coin sets, be it type or a series, registry or raw. It's more fun to look at an incomplete set filled with attractive, eye-appealing coins over a complete set with scrubbed out or just plain ugly coins.
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My registry sets
One strip of paper for me please.
A coin clash is the result of the dies hitting each other without a planchet leaving a image of one side of the die on the other.
Best place to buy !
Bronze Associate member
To be considered an off center coin a portion of the design must be missing.
All Capital Plastics holders have one scratch across all three board edges. Helps with reassembly and screw hole orientation.
One feature peculiar to San Francisco minted cents is that during the 1940s and 1950s they were weakly struck, but when minting resumed in 1968 the strikes were a lot deeper than before - so much so that they stick out when you are searching rolled cents. They exhibit a deeper strike, deeper fields and higher rims than their contemporaries from Denver or Philly.
Sign me up! - Always bring a small flashlight & loop to the show!
Are hairlines always the cause of a cleaning attempt?
Or could these occur naturally during the minting process?
I would like to enter - fun stuff.
NEVER, EVER clean your coins with baking soda (or anything else)
Buy the coin and not the labeled holder.
@YQQ said: "Are hairlines always the cause of a cleaning attempt? Or could these occur naturally during the minting process?"
There are two marks on coins that many call hairlines. In numismatics, a hairline is a very, very, thin line (thinner than a human hair) on a coins surface. Often the only way to see them is to tip the coin and rotate it into a certain orientation to the light. Any very, very, tiny scratches (hairlines) on a die will usually produce very, very tiny raised "die polish" on a coins surface. Many folks incorrectly call these tiny raised polish marks hairlines. It can be confusing. True hairlines happen to a coin after it is struck. They can occur in many ways including wiping a coin at the mint while processing it (probably rare)!
At one time, I thought that every coin with hairlines was cleaned. Not so. After a coin leaves the Mint, it can become hairlined. Take a look at some modern Proof Silver Eagles. Random hairlines are usually due to some form of mishandling. When the hairlines are dense, parallel, and copious it usually indicates cleaning.
Note that the ANA Grading Guide says that a coin can have "continuous hairlining" over its entire surface and still be straight graded as low MS.
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Count me in and thanks for the chance
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BHNC #203
I hate waiting too! I will be doing the drawing later today as I need to cut up the slips with the new names.
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BHNC #203
BHNC #203
I don't see the name(s) of the winners?
Before I announce the winners I will be changing future giveaways! In my first giveaway that many here entered, the name of a member who collects counterfeits was picked and to keep the giveaway looking "honest," we picked another winner.
In this contest I left all the previous names in the pot. As a result, some members had 4 chances to win while others had 3, 2, or 1. Well, in the future, there will only be one chance for each member BECAUSE...
First winner is: @Coin4Sale He gets first choice of the three prizes. PM me with your address.
Second Pick was: @1630Boston Yikes! We have PM'ed each other before and this would look "fishy" so he get's the second choice.
Since this result "smelled" to me, they drew another name: Boston1630! NO WAYI What are the chances as the slips are really mixed good. I think he had 4 entries in the pot.
Anyway, we drew another name and that winner is: @KellenCoin He get's whatever piece the others don't pick.
All please PM me with an address.
I had a lot of 'splain ta do.
My first time winning...........................
Thanks for the give a way and the time that you spend here
@Insider2
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Congrats to the weiners!
Great transactions with oih82w8, JasonGaming, Moose1913.
Very Generous of you congrats to all the winners. I will do one for my 500 mark but think that will be 10 years from now
Best place to buy !
Bronze Associate member
I think badges are given for 25, 100, 250, and 500 levels. I think Stars are given for points.
@Insider2
Thanks again for a great contest. It was educational and good reading. Everyone becomes a winner with extra "tips".
Sign me up please.
Tip: When purchasing a rare or key date coin, know the die diagnostics for that coin, year and mint.
Thanks for the chance- congrats to winners!
A request please. Whomever receives the Peace Dollar lamination prize, if possible could you post a photo of said coin? Thank you in advance.
Congrats to the Drawing Winners and thank you for the opportunity Insider2
I cannot take full frame photos and we've been too busy at work for the image guy to do it. I'll post a photo of the lamination - it's small.
Thank you for that.
Congrats to the winners.
BHNC #203
@BLUEJAYWAY
Detached lamination prize.
Congratulations to the winners..... great contest @Insider2 .... Thanks for the chance.... Cheers, RickO
@BLUEJAYWAY said: "A request please. Whomever receives the Peace Dollar lamination prize, if possible could you post a photo of said coin? Thank you in advance."
Packing up the prizes. One winner, @1630Boston, has requested that I send his prize (the laminated dollar) to BlueJay! What a great gesture!
@BLUEJAYWAY Please PM me with your mailing address. Thanks Boston!
Can you just keep on picking until MY name comes up?!
@DBSTrader2 said: "Can you just keep on picking until MY name comes up?!
"
Having contests is easy for me; but getting the prizes shipped is very difficult. I'll have another soon as I have lots of stuff to give away as long as I can link the contest to "numismatic education."
Just WOW! I would like to publicly thank 1630 Boston for their most generous gift of the laminated Peace Dollar. It will reside in my collection next to my other laminated pieces. With the notation of where it came from. Much thanks again Boston.
PM sent.
If Insider2 continues his contests for another 100 years, I just MAY get picked.
BHNC #203
I have so many contests lined up and so many coins to give away that I could run one-a-day. The problem is that running a contest is easy, getting to time to pack, and mail the prizes is very difficult! If the contests were not so much fun, I should not do them. Thankfully, everyone has been patient
with my procrastination!
@Insider2
You call it procrastination.................I call it a real love for the hobby, thanks
Successful transactions with : MICHAELDIXON, Manorcourtman, Bochiman, bolivarshagnasty, AUandAG, onlyroosies, chumley, Weiss, jdimmick, BAJJERFAN, gene1978, TJM965, Smittys, GRANDAM, JTHawaii, mainejoe, softparade, derryb, Ricko
Bad transactions with : nobody to date