Jack can spot things I cannot and I have specialized in early copper for decades. I simply do not know and will not besmirch the seller's...
Is is one you need for your Dark Side Collection?
Perhaps it is time to revisit this. Is this a temporary setback or the beginning of the end? At a minimum, it is highly volatile gamble and NOT an...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] I don't know if I can call any of them as good condition, but they do have sufficient detail for identification. Mostly...
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I concur. Strong upper serif of B. Type One Hair. Nice photo by the way.
The obverse need to be imaged a bit better, but it looks like there should be enough after that to distinguish between 1797 S-131, S-132 an S-133.
Being stemless will help.
As you should. And just for additional confidence, there should be a break from the bottom left stem down to or through the top of U below. I...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] It is a later die state S-140. I actually prefer the later die state to the earlier one with a stronger date. But that puts me...
I stopped by. I haven't finished the thread yet.
Love the CAM on the Half and Nickel.
FYI, S-258 R1 if you're interested. There's just something about Large Cents that endears them to some of us. ps I just got new glasses so I can...
That's how we learn. But we are ALWAYS learning. So seeking confirmation with reasoning should never be outgrown. Being professional simply means...
S-65. small M. Common Variety. Early die state or smoothed to hide crack usually seen. Obverse almost instantly recognizable with lowest hairs at...
The impact of selling some of my Large Cents along with eyesight problems has taken the fun out of attribution for the time being. I'm not dead,...
Metals are traded in the commodities market, not the stock market. A few companies are public which produce metals, but they are selling stock in...
When people with money compete, they make the market go crazy. The Hunt Bro. did it to Silver in the seventies and early eighties. Without...
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