I'll be there all 3 days. I can be found at my Local Coin Club table, 740, unless I'm wandering the bourse. I'll have a few of my coins on...
I excerpted this from my copy of Early Date US Large Cent Rapid Attribution Guide, Volume 1, 1793-1797 by Thomas Walker, c2020. Obverse and...
Well, I am into die states but that wasn't the reason for having four of the 1829 LM-7.1 rarity R-4. The details coin came super cheap in a GC...
I mentioned in an earlier post that I only bought one coin at this show. Photo'ed it this morning and here it is. I now have four examples of...
I was there at opening on Thursday. I guess a fair number of people for the hour plus I was at the show but not a big crowd. Bought one coin...
[ATTACH] Happy to oblige. Here's my 1857 dime. [ATTACH]
I believe your dime is the JR-5 die marriage, a R-3 coin.
I believe your dime is the JR-7 die marriage, a R-4 coin.
Here are my LM-1.1 and 1.2 coins. You can compare your coin to mine with regard to condition/grade and attribution. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Clearer, more focused photos would be a big help. I have tentatively identified your coin as 1830 LM-1.1 die remarriage. That coin has a rarity...
Good edge photos. I don't see anything to make me think the coin is not genuine.
I agree with @Insider that it's B-9, often called the "Amateur Diecutter's Reverse". It's Die State 2 with the reverse die crack from O of OF to...
Regarding so-called "EAC Grading", allow me to clarify something that tends to get lost in the shuffle due to things like the abbreviated format...
The phenomenon you describe is not actually an artifact of EAC grading. It's a result of TPG market grading. In this system a coin that. for...
I'm a member of EAC and a student of the EAC Grading Guide but by no means an expert. I agree with you that EAC grading is largely useless for...
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