Ebay is a feast or famine world, kind of reminds me of general retail box stores. People set all ranges of prices that they feel it could go for,...
Al Dente 65 Brown with what appears to have full split ridges. Beautiful penne you have here.
We have love for encased cents as well. We have a whole other thread dedicated to that http://www.cointalk.com/t203005/
Thanks for chance Steve. I'll go with 78.
Yes, I was planning on doing that here in the next couple days. I actually have several I was going to send out. I'll let everyone know what the...
I like the color on it, and there are a couple clean steps. With that said, I'm guessing somewhere in the AU55 area, there's just too much wear...
Those are definitely nice acquisitions. We see quite a few of the regular small sized uncut sheets, but to find fractionals is even more interesting.
Well, that certainly makes the OP's coin interesting. What do we call the error designation? Die chip? Die crack? Or something else terminal...
I've heard stories of a 59 with a wheat reverse, it's would be one of the holy grails of wheat cents. Aside from the copper 43, steel 44 and so...
Looks like skeletor leg. I don't have another Nevada to compare it to.
My objective in the hobby is to have fun collecting, and not ever have buyer's remorse over any purchase.
I too have been looking for that book as well, it was written by a man named Grellman. For the cent you are trying to attribute, its the best...
Might have been dipped at one point, there's lots of toning/crud around the devices to indicate some sort of help.
I wouldn't be either, be sure you bring it up on your next radio show ;)
Something you have to know about Chinese fakes, you don't see any evidence of luster on their coins. It's completely impossible to mimic on...
The Chinese mint makes some pretty noice coins.
Thanks Ankur, awfully generous to hold a contest of this stature. What a pal, what a pal!
He's absolutely right, no one can say the Redbook is not a reliable source, but it is a good one. Most of us have to credit this publication for...
Ah...Big Tree Special = Top Ramen
Amazing the seated dollar didn't grade any lower because it was the worse of the bunch. Talk about running away by the skin on your teeth. Good...
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