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Re: Abuse of distributing patterns and restriking coins from old dies - 1861
The fallacy in that argument is that they were trying to fool people. They weren't. Maybe some dealers were, but any collector with half a brain would have known these pieces were new. That's why you… (View Post)1 -
Re: Widget, classy, or dreck? (post a coin, get an answer)
Well, you see, it's technically dreck because it's not in Laura's inventory. However, that looks like a nice EAC G6, and although I'm no HC expert, I'll hazard a guess at C-2. In any case, you really… (View Post)11 -
Re: Is this real or fake?
Over-easy with a side of bacon. Cause who doesn't like BACON!!!! (View Post)5 -
Re: I need help taking photographs of coins
Use 100w equiv sunlight LEDs & change the angle of your lights. A 60mm macro lens works great for general coin photography. I use an older Tamron, one of the best according to our photo dept. (View Post)3 -
Re: One-of-a-Kind Oddities...
Here's an obverse cliche of an A. Loudon Snowden mint medal. The reverse is concave. Probably a die trial. (View Post)7