Very nice. I've been looking for a ND half for some time now in the VF-30 to EF-45 range. Pretty elusive and when found are quite pricey. Yours...
Paddy, you give me far too much credit. I have found nothing makes one more humble than being allowed to be around genuine experts in any field....
I just discovered that PCGS has made available on their website the first volume of Bowers' work on silver dollars and trade dollars. Volume 1...
All the talk on CT recently on Trade Dollars brought home my ignorance on this issue. Plus, I won a $20 gift certificate for any numismatic...
Very nice looking coin.
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I really like the 19th century proofs. Unlike some, I don't have any aversion to including them in my type and date sets. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]...
I've noticed a significant loosening of TPG grading standards for the 1877 IHC. They give this key date a pass on conditions that would result in...
PCGS lists the 92-O at 203 in MS-61 and the 93-O at 148 in MS-61. That's in line with the CAC population report shown below: Fewer 93-Os than...
Here's my 1854 Arrows quarter. Raw coin that I graded AU-58 but that's decidedly arguable. [ATTACH]
I think it straight-graded at AU-50, net-graded down from 53 due to the scratch from Star 9 to right forearm. I can't see much luster in these...
That is obviously not a genuine coin both by its appearance as well as there were no 1840-O coins minted. Whether intended as a counterfeit or...
I made some comments and sited a link on my response to the 1859 LS dollar regarding determining authenticity. For this 1871: I'd grade this...
If you're going to collect LS and Trade dollars, you should really amass some resources to help you in evaluating them, most particularly if...
Thanks for the encouragement. I gave up on PCGS and NGC boxes because of the slab incompatibility and the fact that these kinds of boxes take up...
I thought I'd give an update to this thread. The first photo shows my finished toilet paper roll/spring-loaded application as used on one of my...
A Register of Liberty Seated Half Dollar Varieties (lsccweb.org)
I agree that TVs are "glamour shots". But, really, that's what they are designed to be since the buyer of the coin and the service is paying for...
Rim shot. And no, I did not think it was the 5.
Yes, of course. There are thousands upon thousands of cleaned coins in TPG holders. They make a distinction between a coin that has been cleaned...
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