I've also owned a B&L 10x Hastings Triplet for several years and I can't imagine using anything else. A little more expensive than the ones you've...
I think it would be much more beneficial to you and your collection to instead plan a trip to one of the major coin shows and make a trip out of...
Todd is one of the best photographers around and that includes his work on copper coins. I know dealers that use his services for copper coins...
just don't use too much polish either. remember slabs are not air/water tight so if you go overboard its possible for some of the polish to get...
It's the CoinFacts photo of the coin which I resized smaller an have hosted on Photobucket. There is a TrueView photo of that coin and the large...
And to keep the thread on topic... here's one of my newest acquisitions. Pretty poor photos by me which seem to emphasize the hits and marks on...
I think the 3rd photo makes the coin look best, but would have to see the coin in hand to tell which photo is more accurate. But I agree that the...
Hey, that's my coin!! [IMG] For those that don't know, it's one of the highest graded 1909 VDB cents around and is a PCGS MS67+RD (the only...
This was my only example, bought it cause I thought it looked cool and I never had one before. But the novelty wore off a bit so I traded it at...
I started out thinking the same thing... it's going to be around a 6 hour or so drive for me (not counting any L.A. traffic). But then I figured...
probably going to make the trip... sounds cool!
I agree with this. I'm no expert in photography but when I do take photos with my point and shoot I tend to get better results backing off with...
First, always buy what you like, not what someone else tells you they like. As far as the circulated coins go, I think many of them in XF/AU can...
Greysheet bid/ask on this one is: MS64: $165/$175 MS65: $500/$525 MS66: $700/$750 MS67 coins are around $2k each. Based on the pricing of...
That is Stewart Blay's 1919 which is graded PCGS MS69RD... the only MS69RD Lincoln Wheat Cent ever graded by PCGS. [IMG] You can check out...
The obverse design of the coin comes from the Andrew O'Connor's Lincoln statue in Springfield, Illinois. The reverse of the coin is modeled after...
Very nice... that one has more overall eye appeal than most of the mint state examples out on the market.
It's too bad the Liberty sub-set is gone... would have loved to add an Indian Cent Liberty for the Arthur coin to my set... would definitely...
Definitely one of my favorite coin designs. I've owned several of them over the years and loved them all. FYI, even though most folks call it...
Thanks. I paid a bit over the market rate for that one because I thought it was a nice AU58. I paid $140 for it. I had another PCGS AU58 that I...
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