I always thought BN, eeRB, and RD designations were reserved for MS gr
Jack, I don't think you understand just how much your posts mean to us. Please continue to grace us with your presence.
MS-64 RB.
I dont think the hair has been tooled. It looks about like it should. The fields, however, are unusually clean, suspiciously clean. I would say...
I wonder if this was done by drilling a hole in the edge and then using a pair of needlenose pliers with the MM engraved to raise the MM. The...
GC is thoroughly professional. I have won quite a few auctions. Very prompt invoicing and shipping. I win on Sunday night, have the invoice...
This has been a great thread. I discovered some new things (to me) about laminations and their diagnostics.
Some nice eye candy there.
On the few occasions where I've been asked to assess someone's grandfather's collection, I always give them the "retail/wholesale" spiel. And if...
Gee, I just speak into my phone and tell Google to get me CoinTalk and up it comes.
Excel spreadsheet. You can customize and change however and whenever you want. Mine is shown for a portion of my Capped Bust Half Dimes. The...
I think the beef is not that people should be denied a profit but that the Mint appears to favor dealers/wholesalers/etc. who crowd out the...
Is that a cud? The anomaly is half-moon shaped, is at the edge, has what appears to be a significant amount of planchet metal flowed up into the...
Yes, I knew that but I didn't pay any attention to the thread title and the photos didn't look incuse to my eye, hence my totally off-base...
Interesting strike-through. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Interesting that the marks have been fully obliterated by the legends and the rim but the remaining marks in the fields have not been flattened by...
We don't often see well-circulated commems. Thanks for posting it. I'm going less than F-15 on this attractive coin. The rims are worn into the...
Aren't we supposed to be living in the age of market grading? Under market grading, eye appeal and luster are major, if not the major, factors in...
I think the reverse hurts this coin's grade. I thought the obverse was more like a 30 but the reverse was definitely no better than a 25. Under...
To me, the photograph makes the strike look incuse. I have seen this before on many other issues and it's a combination of the photograph and the...
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