GC's shipping costs vary. You can opt for any of several means - the options, prices and approximate shipping times are clearly menu displayed...
HA is historically slow to ship, worse now than a few years ago. I noticed an additional one to two day delay with GC when I stopped paying by CC...
I pay at Heritage by echeck which saves 2.5% in both venues. HA has high S&H costs plus twice GC's BP. In both cases, you should temper your...
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I may have an explanation for your confusion. Snow on Page 423 discussing the S1 die marriage says: "The S1 die is the most interesting variety...
To state the obvious: Only when the demonstrable or recognized cost of not doing it exceeds the demonstrable or recognized cost of doing it. The...
Nice find. Congratulations. Your coin is the GR-1 die marriage, Obverse 1, Reverse A. In particular, the reverse of your coin is in the...
That is incredible artistry and beautiful.
You would prefer to do this in pencil/pen on paper rather than a spreadsheet like Excel? I don't understand that but it's your preference. So,...
I do not envy you the task. My experience, albeit limited, is that trying to attribute many of these coins in less than EF-AU condition can be...
I resurrected this thread because I recently purchased a coin that adds some additional information of the 1870-73 Shallow N/Bold N topic. For...
XF-45 sharpness but I give it a net XF-40. I has just too many non-trivial hits and dings for a 45 grade.
July 25 is the Heritage auction of the Redding Collection, Part 4. A huge collection of Bust, Seated and Trade dollars by die marriage. High...
Much improved result! You can, however, crop it closer and you should, right up to the edge of the coin. You can select your background color.
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I would never challenge you on an attribution since you're the expert on BHs and I'm only looking at a book (5th Edition of Overton/Parsley)....
A few of the latest Capped Bust Half Dimes for the die variety collection. Between FUN and a couple of on-line auctions, I've picked up 3 raw and...
VF-35 and O-137. An R-6 coin if my attribution is correct. Obverse 23, Reverse AC. I don't see the little ding/hit hurting the grade. It's a...
Good thought about the smooth edges. But the dimple at the bottom still has me puzzled. But with a strike through caused by a hard object (as...
Cool find. They just aren't found in circulation much anymore.
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