It's nice to have provenance on a particular specimen; i.e, ex John J. Ford Jr, Bowers, etc. But that isn't the primary factor when considering a...
Spot on. Aside from it just looking "wrong," the stars and gaps were also what I was examining.
You two are suggesting that the guy pour solvent on the specimen before he tries to tip a simple household lamp at the coin?
See thread here. This will help explain the technique. http://www.cointalk.com/t104448/ Thanks
Perhaps you could try shooting the specimen using axial lighting. That may bring out the date.
There are plenty of numismatic finds you can make in California. In northern California, near Fort Ross, chance exists to actually find Russian...
The reverse 7 is the giveaway. The "7" in 87 is very unique. The reverse is a Miller C. To date the Miller C has only been found to be paired...
The catalog number for the 10 cent variety is ATCO 004651; TAMS 015483. Don't know if this helps. 1957 Dun & Bradstreet lists May Hosiery with a...
Indeed. It does read "Polushka" (ПОЛУШКА). But that said, can't make out what it says underneath. As far as it being counterfeit, it's...
In my own opinion, these tokens are more desirable to collect because each token variety has its very own unique story behind them. In contrast,...
It is most definitely a 6-I. The reverse has a stem without a berry to the left of the bow. It is the only reverse with this. And since only...
I haven't seen it yet. But thanks, I'll check it out. Rusty... pursuant to LIBERTY I agree, but elsewhere I believe wear on the specimen doesn't...
I revisited the posted specimen using a larger monitor. I revise my estimate to somewhere between VF-35 thru EF-40. LIBERTY is indeed sharper.
Vf-25.
I agree. That works too, indeed, if they are modest in value. I was thinking perhaps the OP wanted to post them on place like ebay, and auction...
I assembly-line them using my copy stand and light setup. Everything is c-clamped, so other than setting the delay everything goes through quite...
Indeed. All the ones I checked out at HA are all numbered nicely. Great note, beautifully done.
No worries Bruce. I appreciate your help. Another book for my Baltimore list this weekend :)
Is 6896 a [unique] serial..? Were they mechanically incremented automatically? If so, the digit alignment is quite straight.
Does that mean that 2c, 2d, and 2e are all basically the same?
Separate names with a comma.
