Good catch. Out of curiosity, I compared the reverse to those of the three die marriages and found that the positions of the leaves relative to...
I do not own the Bust Dime Variety Identification Guide, though I may get it in the future (if for no other reason than to see how it compares to...
The Early United States Dimes book claims that 1825 JR-1 is R4, 1825 JR-3 is R3, and 1825 JR-5 is R5. It’s worth noting that these estimates were...
I would say yes as well. That is indeed a cud near star 5. The Early United States Dimes book says that there is a crack along the denticles along...
Very nice coin! I’ve always thought it’d be cool to assemble a set of these but it’s difficult to find nice examples that aren’t too pricy. One...
I think my new favorite coin (unsurprisingly) is the 1818 quarter! In case you care about die marriages, it is B-10, R3.
1833 JR-5 is rated as R1. The other high 3 die marriage (JR-7) is tougher and is R5.
Its die marriage appears to be JR-5, which is one of the two high 3 die marriages. So I agree that it’s 1833 high 3!
Here are two new (to me) bust quarters. The first is 1819 B-2, R3. It is graded G4 by ANACS and has a wonderful old, dirty, worn, original...
Here are a few of my capped bust quarters: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Wow, I wasn’t expecting that. Does it have bad hairlines that aren’t readily apparent in the pictures?
You’re not kidding about some of these reference books being like hens teeth. I’ve been keeping an eye out for the Federal Half Dimes book for a...
VF35. Very nice coin.
Good question. I would take care of them for each matchup and would probably use PCGS TrueViews since it would be fairly easy to find good...
Most of you are aware that the NCAA’s men’s basketball tournament (referred to as March Madness) is about to begin. I’ve always thought it would...
Unless the dealer offered a return policy or the coin turns out to be counterfeit, I wouldn’t expect a dealer to allow returns. If someone buys a...
I would say the details are at least G4. This die marriage (B-3) tends to have weak obverse rims. I have a B-3 in G6, and its obverse rims are...
I actually have a couple of those. I’ll have to dig them out and post them if I can find them. I was curious what time period they’re from, but I...
Regarding brass corrosion, alloys have a “parting limit,” which is the minimum concentration of the more noble metal (in this case Cu) above which...
I haven’t seen this one suggested yet, but I really like the 1997 Botanic Garden dollar. The side with the roses (obverse?) looks very nice in...
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