I see the Ebay listing expired and nobody bid $8.5 million. No surprise - nice coin, but it's only worth a small fraction of that.
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The problem with that logic is that even educated buyers will at times overpay for a coin, because they want/need it, and it's worth it to them....
I agree with the overdoing it. As far as conservation I don't know what to tell you.
I wonder who offered 7 million as a joke offer? :)
I don't collect SBAs, but zooming in all the way with a double click, the first one looked like it has the bulbous serif, while the second coin...
Is the environmental damage that tiny bit of tarnish upper left on the obverse? Nice coin!
Got a picture of it?
Correct! :) To many (too many IMO), if a coin isn't in pristine condition, or has been cleaned, it's worth melt. I don't agree with that at all....
Before I put the Buffalo back in circulation I would have tried to recover the date with ferric chloride (also sold as Nic-A-date). It may have...
First one but in a bolder font. The second font looks a bit busy and juvenile, and as as others have said, it takes your interest away from the...
So what determines the current worth of a coin, if it's not the buyer? For most coins, isn't the so-called "worth" of a coin an average of the...
I was surprised to see that the second picture in the Ebay post says fakes & replicas are discussed on pages 8-9. I guess anything of any value at...
Patents expire and I'm sure the 1903 patent shown above expired ages ago. There could always be newer patents on a new manufacturing process, or...
Wish I could find disposed of cents like that! Nice one!
Nice to know I'm not the only one around!
By the way, I guess some of my opinions on TPGs and CAC stem from the fact that I was heavy into collecting before any of the grading services,...
If they're the same grade, the only difference is extra money to pay to get the "bean". I agree they're not mutually exclusive. If you value the...
the 1864-L is a Snow 7 (S-7) 1907 is a Snow 10 (S-10) These are easy to spot too - an 1897 Snow 1 (S-1) called the "1 in neck" attribution...
Couple ways to see examples - on Ebay search on "indian head overpunched", or "indian head RPD" and there are usually a few examples. Or to to...
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