When my sister-in-law found out I was a coin collector, she purchased this "birthyear" coin as a gift for me. Early this weekend, she passed away...
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I'm a member. I'd rather not be for reasons I won't go into here, but I can't get insurance at the same rate on my own.
Convinced myself that the scratches on the obverse of this thing were on the holder: [ATTACH]
<snark>I consider that a pattern, not a coin.</snark> The 1854-D would go a long away towards optimizing my "denomination set," where the goal is...
The MS-62 1854-D $3 gold.
Using your current gear, there are a few ways to achieve increased magnification through accessories, but getting "really close-up" is still quite...
Found a better pair of shots from a 2014 thread: [IMG] [IMG] [ATTACH]
Insurance shot. I'll see if I can do better later this week. [ATTACH]
Hey, hey, my, my... [ATTACH]
At one point this coin was in an ACG MS-67 slab and there was talk of using it as evidence in a lawsuit. [ATTACH]
Do tell. I know of a 1990 case in Colorado where the property owner was fined and put on probation, and a 1971 Iowa case where a man was held...
This later crossed to NGC at MS-64... [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
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I'll go with the obvious U.S. choice: [ATTACH]
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