How about a die crack famous enough to get its own Red Book listing? 1807 "Bearded Goddess" [IMG]
Honestly couldn't care less what happens to my collection once I'm through with it. The new owners can keep them. They can research their value...
From the pics. yes that would have been my guess
As Evan said normal letters with small 0. The large letter reverse will have the words UNITED STATES run together to appear as one word. [IMG]
Not so much that the OP coin doesn't have wear consistent with an XF grade--I think it does--but more a case that IMO your coin is overgraded by...
You're right. "It's impossible to argue that they "did it right", especially when sitting across from a young widow with three young kids balling...
And none of those standards matter--the only standard that matters is yours! If TO YOU--and it's your checkbook that counts--a Franklin half has...
Sure it is. The coin doesn't change simply because there is a different label on the slab. If it's a 30; then it's a 30. If it's a 68, then...
The coins are worth exactly the same regardless of which slab entombs them. A "70"is a "70"...the slabs themselves are worth different amounts,...
He and Dennis Tarrant formed Ja(mes)de(nnis) Rare Coins back in the late 1990s. IIRC, he worked out of Fenton and Dennis out of Michigan. They...
I'm not Chris (thankfully for him) but you're thinking about James Garcia now of Olde Town Coin Shope (http://www.earlyus.com/) from St...
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Wow, NICE half and dollar!;)
world..1753 [IMG] US...1794 [IMG][IMG]
They can grade them...in fact, they DO grade them. The fact that your opinion differs from theirs as far as the "correct" grade is a different...
Nice write-up and VERY nice coins. I don't collect them per say, but I have a couple. I'll try to post them later if Photobucket ever starts...
Why some Vintage Silver Bars are more than others? Why are some Vintage Silver Coins more than others? Same reason for both...collectors simply...
No, she got cheated. There's less than half the dime there.;)
Hey, one never knows!:D
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