Don't you mean "obsession"? Yes, I have a disease...it's called bust half fever.
I have nearly 600 coins---just over 300 of which are lettered edge bust halves---131 of which are dated 1827.
And in the mid-1990's this exact same post was quite often being made about slabbing companies. At that time very few coins had ever been...
I was there yesterday. My wife's ill today so I won't be going back.
Couple of points about being a '64 that don't apply to me personally (although I know many people to which they do apply). First, I never...
Couldn't care less what they sell for unless they sell to me. What someone else pays for a coin at any particular point in time is irrelevant to...
I'll be at the ONA Friday and Saturday. Come on by.
The Pillar...but then, I am HEAVILY biased against proof anything...an '81 MS-65 three center (PCGS says $575) I would take over the Mexican coin.
Several contributing factors--although probably not the only ones... First, 1827 was the first year the mintage exceeded 3.5 million and it did...
Once again, looking at a picture--REGARDLESS OF QUALITY--has absolutely nothing to do with buying sight seen or unseen. Nor does the fact that it...
If one buys "sight unseen" slabbed coins they are doing themselves the same disservice. There is a reason the sheets price sight unseen coins at...
And if collectors are making buying decisions based on "clever photos" rather than examining the coin in hand then, "Sorry, no sympathy. Better...
They get their coins the same place anyone gets them...from people seeking to sell them. For all of you who jump on dealers for selling GSC less...
Don't know what you are tracking at Heritage...I didn't bother to check. The info came from Dave Rutherford's site Bust Half Dollar Auction and...
Bust Half Prices shows 12 different 109s selling at auction in the past 10 years along with another 17 109a from Stacks, Heritage, Sheridan...
The 109 is probably somewhere around R4+ to R5. They show up every once in a while.
In, but find a YN to give the prize to after I win.
It's B-4, on B-3 the olive stem extends to the serif of the C while on the B-5 it extends well past the C.
The standards change because TPGs don't grade coins; they price them based on where they fall compared to other coins from the same date/mm they...
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