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If the overall strike of a coin is the best you can find for the date, always keep looking for a better struck coin. The continued search and comparing before your own eyes is the only way you'll eve… (View Post)

A mark on the steps can occur during the stamping of a coin. These marks are referred to as "strike-throughs'. Or it could be something on the planchet that didn't get pressed out entirely durin… (View Post)

A lot of them will wish they had bought the all-season tires instead of the cheap summer tires. Always a good laugh watching those with summer tires get nowhere! When will they ever learn? Leo (View Post)

Try dog spit! But if you lack a dog.......Just roll your tongue around that coin for a few seconds and see what happens! You might be amazed at how lustrous you made your modern-day coin and at littl… (View Post)

Some of these old-time codgers running the local shows, one look will immediately tell you if they're playing with a full deck. So 99.9 % of the time when you see something wrong with a lot/grade of … (View Post)