Here we go again . . . another forgery on eBay . . ....
The Sheldon scale was intended to provide us with a basis for communicating the state of preservation of a coin relative to its ideal state - my...
I think the cent is really cool, although it also looks to me like it's had some help over the years. My suspicion is that the clamshell delam...
This example may be somewhat confusing to those unfamiliar with this error type. The die cap with which this coin was struck had seen many...
Looks like a very high quality casting to me.
Net high end VF coin
It may be the photo, but the color on the reverse looks a little too pinkish to me. As for the hairlines mentioned above, I think the lines seen...
I don't know . . . what do the rest of you zinc about that?
Th You are wide to do your homework before just jumping on the coin. While I'm no foreign coin aficionado, I can attest that there are a great...
Critiquing my own post, now that it's too late to edit it . . . the above should have read, "More important than grading an error coin is valuing...
Your guess is probably just as good as anyone else's . . . beauty of this one is in the eye of the beholder, just as value is . . . if everyone...
Gotcha. So, not surprisingly, you bought it for more than the $975, which I would have done myself.
If you're buying inexpensive coinage, I would focus on the silver coinage while it remains relatively low in cost. Prices for copper, nickel and...
It is misguided to assume that the price realized in an auction defines the value of an item. - Mike
If you own the coin at $975, I would make you an instant profit . . .
Find another collector who buys frequently at this LCS, and work out a deal for something he owns . . . something you want and he doesn't in...
I like buying at the auctions with 1K bidders on 100K items, and selling at auctions with 100K bidders and 1K items :rolleyes:
What does the reverse side look like in this area?
Anyone on CT interested in buying one or more years worth of CDN Grey Sheet back issues from 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 or 2013 before I put them on...
The thin spikes from the rim are rather well-defined, pretty much limiting the manufacturing process to striking with dies, and the stark contrast...
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