Despite the tendency to arrive at the same grades for the 1886 & 1921-D based on design details on the two coins, I'd flip the grades of the two,...
2nd feather of headdress (counting CCW) looks uncharacteristically devoid of detail, but this could be the photo. Loops of numeral 8 are too round.
MS63
Mountain girl, huh? I agree with the others, although it almost looks like Annie Oakley came back to life.
Nice coin! I too love toned gold.
Worst case MS64. I think it'll grade MS65.
AU58
I just confirmed it is the same seller using a new name . . . the following link will take you to an earlier CT discussion of this seller when...
Yes, there are definitely DMPL Seated Halves, but the photos in this seller's store remind me of another eBay seller that I would not buy from....
Cool . . . Blakeslee effect on the same side of the coin, rather than on the opposite side.
I'm a liker . . .
Reaching into a coining press to feed the next blank . . . How our ancestors kept their fingers is the mystery I ponder.
MS64. Strike is strong, and marks are few, but luster looks thin in fields, and nonexistent on many high points.
MS63, but only for the linear mark on the cheek.
I've made a few midsummer trips to FL on business (another industry), and don't have the courage to do it again. The heat and bright sun really...
X marks the spot . . . I think you're supposed to get out your pickaxe and shovel and dig there, Randy.
Sure looks awfully lifeless to me for a coin retaining so much detail . . . I think this coin has been ruined.
Too much time and energy is involved in producing coins like that, so yes, it must be rare.
From my post, “ . . . adequately protect it from taking by others” is intended to include government actors. While paper money can be debased,...
Thus my use of the word adequately . . . I consciously decided not to use "completely", as that is not a defendable position.
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