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Photos are not very helpful. A guess is AU before cleaning, scrubbing and thumbing.....?? (View Post)

Astrorat brings up an interest8ng side point: TPGs seem to be far behind in their willingness to apply new information to coins, patterns and other numismatic materials. This is a problem Zoins and o… (View Post)

Viewed under correctly balanced lighting (not fluorescent junk), 0.900 fin silver will have a slight cream or yellow cast due to copper alloy. Fine silver (0.999) should look white much like the high… (View Post)

This excerpt from "The Mines of Colorado" by Ovando J. Hollister (1867) might provide some clues. (Philadelphia Gold Mining Company, bottom left.) If the US Mint letter and the medal's… (View Post)

notenovice - This letter might help a little. It's only been waiting for 11 years. :) (View Post)