I submitted 2 PCGS encapsulated coins to NCS, one with colorful but hazy surfaces and the other with some spotting and a mottled look. The first...
Herefordshire 3 There are two different body types for the bull on Herefordshire 1 through 4. Here's a Herefordshire 3 penny with the heavy body....
T Welch penny token There are some elegant designs on many of the private tokens in the Conder series. Here's a Birmingham promissary token by T...
1P - Part of a PR66BNCA 1/2P 1P pair. [IMG]
Another couple of pairs. George III and an ass, Pitt and Fox. [IMG]
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Yesterday NGC announced a reorganization of its tokens and medals department. The upshot of this is a new roster of tokens and medals that are...
I just received a group of medals encapsulated in the NGC slabs designed for coins/medals over 45mm in diameter. I was fine with the grades...
As wordy as the Burchell token/medals are, Ayrshire 7 is almost completely "silent". No motto, no message, no date, no edge inscription (but John...
I was never much of a Morgan collector but the proofs can be mesmorizing. This one turned up at a little coin shop in California on consignment. I...
This proof pattern cent (PCGS PR66RB was slabbed as Judd-165b, bronze) but turned out to be pure copper. The mint ultimately opted for the smaller...
"What made you transition from US to British?" 1) Been there, done that. 2) Cost. The sale of those 3 dollars has funded the purchase of...
When I sold my proof US type set, I held on to a few of the silver dollars and sold them only a few years ago. The first I had kept for its...
I haven't seen many Pidcock's for sale either. None of the Brown II examples have turned up. Here's one for which I paid a premium for the...
Pawnbroker's token -Yorkshire 13 Do you have a Conder token with some visible undertype? Great, post it here! If you haven't been able to...
Warwickshire Coventry 38a I've wondered how this piece wound up in D&H. Presumably the authors came across (or heard of) a version with the edge...
No, the aitites do not rotate (I stuck some in randomly). I suggest you log on to any of the airtite sales sites and look at the options under albums.
The kind currently for sale at Brent Kruger and other outfits that sell airtites can accomodate 54 A size and 48 T size airtites in six "pages"....
There are albums for airtites which can accomodate the various (A, I, T...) size airtites. The album pictured is a larger, higher quality version...
I've seen quite a few blue seated proofs but what caused them to tone that way is a mystery to me! [IMG]
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