If these were intact, they would be worth close to $20,000. I bought them for $20 [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
This is called “hell money”, or basically pseudo-money that was buried with the dead. The family members didn’t want to waste good money by...
yes
Privately on a different platform
Yeah, looks like an 1875 to me. @Jack D. Young [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
That has a bold N reverse, so it is either an impaired proof 1877 or an 1875 misidentified as an 1877
Some poor bloke shelled out $650 for this. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Hey Zeus
I have tape over the cameras when not in use. I just junk the emails whenever I get them.
And the US military is testing alien spacecraft technology at Area 51
Acetone will get rid of all that without hurting the coin. The fact it isn’t there does not mean it has been improperly cleaned.
Um, what? I don’t see anything of the sort. It’s much more likely that the hairlines are from friction with an album slide or something of the...
i was thinking the same thing
They have sold off coins in their collection. @AncientJoe has/had at least one of them. I has an extremely rare Roman coin which David Sear had...
typo, O-120 ;)
Here are the places where I see color changes. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
This bust half was graded AU-58+. You can see the color changes on the high points of the hair, eagle, face, and down the neck. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]...
When you look at the high points, look for continuity of luster and color. If the details are weak but both of these attributes are unbroken, then...
This is because the VAST MAJORITY of collectors are very unconfident in their abilities to evaluate higher-end or higher-quality coins. They are,...
She was a jewelry dealer with little experience in coins who was blindly trusting the PCGS slab. It’s really funny how you write off all the info...
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