I just "overpaid" for a very nice looking AU of this date, and felt confident doing so.
Collecting patterns is a very specialized area. If you seek a pattern for a particular reason, the price seems fair, but not a good deal. Being...
A few more newps. A raw 1926-D Buffalo nickel. Choice VF, still displaying some original mint luster. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] 1903-S Barber Dime...
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I can relate . . . I have 2 boxes . . . one for my collection, pre-2006, and the other for my inventory. I go into and out of my stock box...
Since you have the coin in hand, I'll trust your eyes instead of my own . . .
The coin looks extremely choice to me, but I have a sneaking suspicion it is a victim of rim filing.
VERY nice. Are you going to do a GTG with this coin? By the way, your title presently identifies this as a half dollar.
Because some people can be convinced that toning of any sort qualifies as rainbow toning.
That's not the only connection COVID has to the delays. I've heard from postal clerks at two different post offices that so many postal workers...
There are many things that quickly give this imposter away, but the size, placement and orientation of the mintmark were the very first things...
Yup, I wouldn't touch that one. Good instincts. Of course people are bidding . . . . it is eBay, after all.
Good to know Jason. You must be checking very frequently to catch errors before they ship, as I'm pretty sure they ship same day or next day...
I already have a JPEG.
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I agree that the planchet is clipped, but not at K2. It is at K4 where the denticles are weak / missing. I think the coin looks a little bit...
My latest submission from NGC just returned. Everything came back as expected, except for one coin. Apparently, NGC originally graded that coin...
What, no date Paddy?
I haven't bought anything for my collection since 2006 . . . since then it's all been for resale.
Never thought of buying myself something for Christmas . . . imagine that!
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