This reminds me of the body leashes for dogs in lieu of the neck leashes. It seems so common sense to us, but when it never existed back then, it...
That's a very good write up of mint luster. Just to be clear on the distinction between MS and mint luster... Mint State would also need to take...
I like it the way it is, since the toning gives it a good contrast.
You're right - the wear on the hair is a weak strike. I think that this coin has literally one too many deeper scratches, otherwise it would've...
It got a straight grade but yeah the scratches are prominent.
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I believe that it's supposed to mirror the capitol building's statue below. The star tiara does look strange though. I'm more irked by the...
Nice, I've been considering getting one of those but the stock images nearly all looked the same! So, thanks for the photos. :) IMO, the proof...
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There's a lot of history with gold and silver. That convention isn't going to change anytime soon...
That reminds me of this guy who got hundreds of frequent flyer miles for each eligible 25 cent pudding unit ($2.50 for 1,000 air miles! That's...
I had a few eBay gift cards that I wanted to redeem for a coin this morning, and apparently they didn't work (!). So, naturally I called eBay and...
Wait, wait, wait... can you tell what the altered surface is? Is the frosty cameo artificially applied or something??
How does the rim fold over like that? It looks as if two planchets sandwiched and one split at the rim. But it seems to be PMD... just cut at...
I don't see much wrong with this one. Maybe it's a small patch of damage in between the E and P on the obverse? Perhaps some other scraping...
That looks like natural toning to me.
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