I don't think I'd do that if I were you . . . a Corgi's nose is a lot more sensitive than a human's.
Pretty hard to do with coins you are looking at on the internet CC.
Lighting in the top photo appears to be from the coin's 8:00 clock position. In the lower photo, the lighting seems to originate at about the...
Always the contrarian Charley . . . never failing to keep things interesting!
I think it's called a mintmark, without the al-lint-eration.
You're very right about everything except perhaps that the re-thinking will likely take longer than just when these parts are advertised for sale....
It's pretty unlikely that there will be deals in an auction like that. Even moreso when gold has such a strong following, as it presently has.
That's actually how I got started . . . deciding that I had to sell coins for less than I'd paid for them as a collector, in order to break into...
Selling at wholesale is part of belonging to the dealer community. In order to be able to acquire needed coins at a profitable level one must...
Based on recent auction trends, I think it'll sell for well over the $40K
I can vouch for there not being much fresh material, although there were certainly coins enough to pique my interest. Both Thursday & Friday were...
I'll have a table there . . .
Consciously or not, most of us learn to turn US coins top over bottom to arrive at the orientation we want with a minimum of effort. The medallic...
A large burr was left on the edge of the blank after shearing it with dull blanking dies. The burr was rolled over the planchet in the upsetting...
You can check out anytime you want, but . . .
As far as I know, all US coins were supposed to have been struck in coin alignment. Interestingly, the 1844-O half dime seems more prevalent in...
This 1844 Dime is a bit nicer than most I see . . . [ATTACH] [ATTACH] A really nice AU 1894-O Morgan . . . [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] And...
Seems I can't get to posting till weekends these days, work being busy and all. Here's a nice original 1844-O Half Dime with coin alignment (not...
Other than the few Kool-Aid guzzlers, is anyone else here really surprised by this?
Good luck getting a reliable answer to that question. I don't believe I've seen that before, and the "T" doesn't show up in the NGC verifier...
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