Nice stuff, don't care for the 50% GB stuff so much, but like the Canada Wildlife rounds.
F-15 - VF-20, hard to tell from the pics. VF-45 isn't a grade, it would be EF-45 (Choice Extremely Fine). But it isn't, anyhow.
+1 to G-6.
It looks like improper alloy, but definitely isn't worth slabbing.
I don't know if this can be called a discussion. Perhaps just agree to disagree - you both know the chemical reaction and how it occurs.
I have a guy here near Albany, NY. He primarily does gold alloy jewelry and gold filled, along with sterling and other silver alloys. He doesn't...
It's a really nice coin, I think going the CAC route is a good idea, as a couple of others have suggested.
It can often turn a coin that would otherwise grade cleanly into a details coin, if that helps at all. 'Price' is always in the eye of the...
It's not. I've had literally perhaps 70 pass through my hands over the past four months. I found one behind my desk a couple weeks ago. It's a...
I'd definitely call it a Fine.
She's a beaut!
I think you have a shot at FH.
I'm sure you'll see others. Stars are not that uncommon, especially from larger print runs.
Looking forward to seeing what you snagged from the show.
This might be an entirely unrelated factor -- but the relief on the post '82 cents diminished quickly over time, to a very low relief coin. There...
We (the shop) sold a 1921 circulated Morgan in a PCGS 2nd generation for about $65 last week (eBay). The owner didn't even realize that it would...
How raised the devices are on the coin.
Were the counterstamp not present, I could give you an idea -- but I'll leave it to the counterstamp collectors. It's actually not a bad piece.
Great group! Nice, well preserved examples. Really like the 1819.
For whatever reason, my shop gets tons of these medals. We usually price them at $2.
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