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Re: US vs World Coins
He's right about world markets being smaller. I play in the German coin market around 80-90% of the time. And the scale is significantly different. A single roll of most German coins minted in the la… (View Post)2 -
Re: Anyone want to get medieval with me? LOL
Yes. I'm slowly trying to pick up french and european medieval coins of similar size. This is my latest pick-up: (View Post)1 -
Re: Business strike and cameo-like. How did this happen to Liberty Nickels?
You only need to have differences in the surface roughness between the fields and devices to create a cameo effect. It doesn't have to conform to the definitions of proof-like for this to be true. (View Post)1 -
Re: Business strike and cameo-like. How did this happen to Liberty Nickels?
It usually comes down to die preparation. In other types, you see these characteristics on first strikes or early strikes of new dies. It's more common for the fields to be polished more smoothly tha… (View Post)1 -
Re: Attractive Coins with Heavy Patina
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