@rmpsrpms can show you some a lot closer than that! Oh, wait. Sorry. You meant close to the date. I thought you were talking about closeup...
I agree- 30 bucks is crazy. But more than a dollar or two. I'd go five.
It ought to be identifiable to within a year or two, I think- maybe more precisely, by someone knowledgeable of Newcomb varieties. (I am not that...
Unique, though not a unique type. The only Champion medal I've seen in silver. I've seen eight of these WW2 deployment medals in bronze. They...
I grade that MS-fantastic.
I can agree on both counts. To be fair, the collecting aesthetic was a bit different 300 years ago.
This piece evidently dates to the 1730s and is in a Polish museum. It was a tankard fit for a king, perhaps literally. I haven’t found out much...
Micro-porous surfaces due to environmental damage. Notches in the rim. Definitely not a straight-grade coin due to those issues. That being...
... but if you say the dies don't match...
Ditto, though it's tough to say due to the "photo of a computer screen" aspect.
Too tired to tell the full tale just now. Maybe later. [Updated below]. In the meantime, behold the before-and-after pics, and weep with/for...
I'll concur with AU55.
Note to the coins that haven't gotten any love in the poll yet: hey, it's not that y'all aren't deserving. It's just that he said we had to pick...
I too have my doubts on that score.
My APMEX rating is "Peasant". :p
9, 4, and 3 for me. Honorable mention for #5- it would make a dandy ornament for my Holey Coin Hat! [ATTACH] They’re ALL lovely. Top faves:...
It was later encapsulated. Those are pre-slab photos.
I had no difficulty getting the hoard pedigree on my Julian II siliqua noted on the label. All that took was a photocopy of the CNG listing, with...
My question exactly. The branch post office I was dealing with at the time (this was in NC) later got mired in some controversy when several full...
Same here. Bah humbug.
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