MS64, from the Richmond Coin show, the first show I have been to since 2019. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Link to the blog since I couldn't post the pics: scroll down a ways to find the coin. https://www.seateddimevarieties.com/DailyBlog.htm
Great news! Another story: Gerry Fortin reported a 3$ gold piece stole from a USPS express mail package on its way to a client in Cali. All...
thanks for starting the thread, Tamaracian, and posting the comparison photos. I've never thought that GC used deceptive photo techniques, just...
I'm surprised such a valuable package was shipped FedEx rather than registered mail.
I'm no expert on these, but I do see something to the right of the lower loop of the 8, maybe the belly of a 5?
Here you go..https://www.cointalk.com/threads/how-do-you-spot-fake-trade-dollars-anyway.63695/
Not that I know of. Joe Kirchgesser (?sp) is working on a definitive reference work on trade dollars that I expect will cover pretty much...
mintage about 700k, and most shipped to China, where most of them were melted.
I'll guess "no bean"
Harder to find than most people realize.
Hey Kanga, that's a "broken arrows", an unofficial variety I have been looking for. Note how part of the lowest arrow shaft is partly missing....
Here's an AU55 [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] this has the "small, wide spaced cc rev" made with a rev die that was used from 1873 all the way through 1876. The 1875 CC...
Only one I have, but I am a fan. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Thanks for showing the neat campaign tokens and putting them in historical context.
I like the "sliding contact under pressure" phrase. I'll propose: "A form of post mint damage characterized by a linear or curvilinear mark into...
I believe graffiti is in a sub category of scratches.
My biggest bomb was the 65-S half, which I thought would gold bean.. it didn't sticker at all. I expect that some of the misses are simply...
I believe that's important, and should be the subject of a thread about scratches and "gradability." We're still trying to arrive at a...
Separate names with a comma.
