Funny story, I went to the last Whitman show in Baltimore and knew a certain out of state dealer would be at the show. I have been checking his...
For large cents Dr. Sheldon, auther of Penny Whimsy, did an experiment to try to calculate survival rates of coins. I forget the specific details...
Congrats on going to the FUN show, it is suppose to be very nice. I have been trying to plan a Disney vacation in July with my family for 2 years...
Numismedia lists the Lincoln in 64 at 225 and the 26s Oregon trail in 63 at 174. So I would assume somewhere around 30% for the dealer which in...
On N-8 the one is actuallay above the dentil to the left of the coin I posted. It's the position of the 1 in reference to the bust, on N7 the 1...
I just crack mine out anyway...
I have been inspired by Marshall :) Link is to an 1845 N7 which is officially a R5 coin, although I think it may overstate the rarity. The coin...
so scudzy vg8 is 1250, no prices for higher scudzy. At 15 average, which I don't know if I could call this coin average but I agree it's higher...
I would grade it 40 net 20 or 15, and either way it's scudzy with all the pitting. Honestly, I am leaning more towards 15 because not only is the...
Nice catch Marshall, I went straight to the heritage auctions as well and found the coin they listed as die state 2 that matches pretty closely...
CQR does not list S-35 F15 choice, I doubt there are many... the Holmes lot 56 which was VF20, really it was 40 net 20 (corrosion + scratch) which...
No shell bidding at all. EAC types net grade their coins and then give a quality rating on top of that, either choice, average, or scudzy. That...
Glad you had fun at the show, I have been to the Baltimore show twice. Just a heads up on the parking, the convention center has a parking...
Is this made out of copper or some other metal? I know with the old copper it really comes down to eye appeal. So old cleanings which have...
I think it's called whizzed.
Thanks for confirming the diagnostics Marshall. Now I am kicking myself for not buying it... And I also use the goldberg archives version of the...
Marshall, I almost bid on this but could not convince myself your attribution was correct prior to the end, although I only only had 5 minutes....
Just wanted to throw my opinion out there, but the hair on top of the head looks like s-184 to me which is a much more common coin than the s-182.
Have fun at the show! In regards to the silver, I would suggest you keep what you have and not trade it for 90%, and no you will not get .6 face...
pennyguy and mark_h Thanks for the list of abbreviations and how to use them, that is what was missing from my book...
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