Looks VF30 to me, with very pretty album toning.
1828 was a good year! [IMG] [IMG]O-115 R2
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Nice trio! "The 3 Graces"
Great thread and history lesson once again, JM. I really enjoy collecting HTTs as a "subsidiary collection." [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]...
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I hope that the person who "won" it knows its a fake and is going to claim a refund and take it out of the numismatic fool. Or the seller has set...
I like having the actual volumes too. But DL's books are available in digital format on the NNP. https://nnp.wustl.edu/library/book/555294
The thing actually sold for 305$ .. Incredible.
My biggest regret is purchasing fairly expensive coins (for me that's over $500) without learning more about grading and how to judge surfaces....
I'll go with 55, really nice looking bustie!
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I think it's very suspect. Surfaces have a grainy look; numbers and letters look puffy as opposed sharp/squared off; and very little fine detail...
thanks for posting the results of your tests. I'm not sure what the role of US cleaning would be. I find that a good long soak in acetone removes...
nice buys and thanks for the report.
Sunday dinner at Telluride in 1897 would put me in a coma!
I like the 1894 with the "Largest Glass of Beer." On the 1885 N.O. menu, for those who don't know, "croakers" are a type of salt water fish from...
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Nice coin!
sorry those edge images did not enlarge. I'll have to fiddle with them but trust me the reeding is really bad!
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