If anyone can make sense of this I would like to know. January bullion sales at the Mint were about normal and then suddenly in February and...
Excellent point on the scan. My pix was a high resolution one from VSS and the one in question was a poor quality blurred one. I have seen them...
Well there is an answer, pretend it doesn't exist and you get a complete set. A grade 70 95-W will cost you a tiny house.
Then I will yield to your knowledge and experience. Have a good day.
I did not mean to imply that all NO coins were weakly struck, only that Mint conditions and management were not always the best and they did...
For some reason I lean toward the classic designs and favor the British. Maybe we need a good dose of Teddy Roosevelt and Augustus St. Gaudens to...
I would check on VAMworld. Someone there will be an expert on this variety and can help you. If you want a solid attribution send the coin to...
I might agree with your assessment except that the New Orleans Mint was famous for poor and weak strikes, lots of overpolishing of dies, and poor...
You might check out my 1881-O specific site and look at the grades all lined up. I have almost 700 of them arranged from Poor through MS65MDPL....
Also there is strike, which PCGS is pretty good at overlooking in my experience. If it has nice luster and is clean then I might go for it. The...
As I remember the Liberty FS coins proved to be the best sellers, or some of the best sellers, which is a bit of a conundrum given it was the FS...
Given the popularity of the fractional Buffaloes I am also surprised that they have not done more fractional series. But I think I remember that...
If we are getting into John Maynard Keynes I know I am out of the discussion. What happened to ASE 17-S?
All of this discussion is obviously why I didn't major in economics. As I remember the tax brackets got this high because this was the era when...
I have never seen an estimate, but someone somewhere probably has an educated guess. A lot was turned in, mostly out of fear or patriotism, but a...
I just saw your post and I think that is in the right spirit and fair. I actually have a PCGS graded Standing Liberty we might be able to work...
Well those of us who collected the First Souse coins cared and saw the Mint do some good things to keep the pricing on the most popular ones from...
I had rather they do a household limit of 2 for a couple of weeks, and then open it up with no limit. Individual collectors are responsible...
Remember the anti-dentite episode of Seinfeld? Maybe you have an anti-numistite on your postal route!
Usually the issue looks like this to me. 75k sold, some percent are sent to a third party grader, some smaller percent make it to MS70 or PR70....
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