Congratulations. Take a breather, look back with satisfaction, and map out your next journey.
You should not confuse low, middle and high grades with a grading scale. The phrases, low grade, middle grade and high grade are not granular...
I apply the phrase "high grade" relative to the availability of coins of a series. For series within which examples considered collectible are...
Looks like a 66 to me.
The debt is only unsustainable as long as interest rates make the payments unacceptable. Right now, the debt service is manageable, but only...
I'm surprised it sold for so little . . . the planchet on which this coin was struck was probably unique, or nearly so.
There were evidently lines in the planchet, which did not strike out because the grease is a soft material.
Where did you read the above? Do you have a link?
Nice coins. That same 1872 seated dollar went unsold on my website for a few months before I sold it to another dealer at the NH Coin & Currency...
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Sorry, but I disagree . . . I think poor spelling, whether the result of lazy learning or lazy communication, is reflective of a recent trend...
Expressing one's opinion is fine, but making assertions such as you have is not the right thing to do.
VERY nice coin Chris.
Absolutely.
I've touched on this subject in other threads. Coin design is not just art . . . it is engineering as well. In this particular case, no...
I gave up on a set over one coin . . . and a coin which, in hindsight, I really should have bought. I was collecting proof 2 cent pieces, all in...
I'll be at table 1317.
Thank you for the education . . .
I would think that a better measure would be the holder of the most Best Answers. Unfortunately, not many posters even think to pick on Best...
While I don't see an obviously removed gate, I do see numerous raised pimples on the surface of the coin, which would correspond to lost medium in...
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