Ugh...I feel for you.
Marginal gain, at best, especially since it is in an NGC holder.
If I recall correctly, both SEGS and ICG started within a short time of one another, perhaps within a year of one another, in the late 1990s....
For the longest time both NGC and PCGS did not attribute Overton varieties when they graded coins, so there is an enormous pool of early half...
That's a heck of a lot of circulation for a proof coin. Wow!
Aside from a single damaged package, I've never had an issue with the USPS. However, what you are describing leads me to believe that someone has...
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It's known as the mumps variety and is found on 1907-O Barber half dollars.
Based upon those images, I don't like it.
The 1954-S WQ is, on average, likely the worst struck WQ in the 1932-1964 silver series, but they often come with fantastic luster. The 1957-D WQ...
I love the design of the Connecticut commem- [IMG]
PCGS has already published that they consider eye appeal and toning to be important attributes of a coin's grade and that these are considered...
Wow.
Yes, I know, but thank you for taking the time to point that out. I have written more than one thread about the scarcity of the center mintmark...
Howdy and welcome. These are modern souvenir medals and are not coins (even though the plastic states they are coins). Also, they appear to have...
I think the question by Ethan was with respect to the SMS sets of 1965-1967 and not the more recent satin sets.
"I have learned in my short time when one sees the halo of gunk around the lettering and other raised surfaces of the coin that it indicates a...
There are active threads on the CT boards that touch upon, at least partially, eye appeal for circulated coinage, the utility of CAC for certain...
The coins look wonderful and that 1941-D Jefferson looks especially terrific. I must comment though, that we have had significantly different...
I've looked at the images of this coin a few times now and I have to admit that I think the coin would be what I would term quite attractive and...
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