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this is one of my favorites. Full steps too!!!
Thanks for a great contest, Carlton! Looks like 3rd place again for me...
I think they both look authentic. Nice coins! Not exactly where I'd cut my collecting teeth, but nice coins!
looks like a tooled 1879 coin. The central reverse will show the weakness in the Ns of One and Cent, on a genuine coin. The date on this one looks...
lol, I meant it isn't the right shape for a D. t looks like a 16-S to me. I also corrected my original post.
The mint mark is the wrong shape for a D. My guess is a 16-S
I'd call it XF, but you'd have to see it in hand to accurately grade this coin. The obverse seems to have some nice red tones and leads me to...
hopefully I got the nicest one! :)
there are only a thousand or so of these coins certified. He's finding a bunch?
It is kind of astonishing to me that he has "relisted" the item. That means that he has more than 1 of these. I wonder how many he has? This is...
that looks like a shill bid to me
well, I guess we'll have to wait and see. It went off to NGC this morning. While we're at it, I'd like to hear Duke and Raider and bahabully,...
As an update to this thread. I received the coin today. It is exactly as described! The contrast is not only cameo, but I think it has a...
The most important lesson that I learned in college was this: It doesn't matter if you know the answer if you know where to find it. The...
It may be a VERY long while. They weren't made for circulation so the coin swould have to come from a busted up set, and people didn't (and still...
Thank you everyone for your comments. We will try to do the best we can to keep improving the show and we appreciate any comments that you may...
I would suggest Photograde by James Ruddy and The PCGS Guide to Grading and Counterfeit Detection both are excellent references on grading....
OMG LOL! Thank you Doug! LOL I really needed that laugh! Seriously... I have been trying to get people to tell us what they want since almost day...
The Coin Show episode 16 is now available and instead of just making an announcement this time, I wanted to ask people to comment if they listen...
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