Very glad to see you got your grade. A tasty coin to say the least.
Maybe, just maybe, with walkthrough service you can stick you hand in the press with the Saint and get them both slabbed together!
There's no argument from me . . . the mark on the certified coin definitely breaks more than just a single step. This goes to what I've written...
Yes . . . because they're too common . . . the raw coins are more scarce! :D . . . crickets . . .
I'd gladly take a 1916 SLQ in a 1916 Barber 25c holder.
Score!!!
This selling tatic is practiced in more areas than just with PL coins. Unfortunately, eBay is ill-equipped to deal with such practices, because...
AU55
MS62
Low Population Coins Eye Candy Colonials Classic Gold Flowing / Bust Coinage Seated Coinage Barber Era Coinage Etc . . .
Okay, I'll rephrase my prior post . . . stop idolizing real people . . . that just makes most feel impotent and unempowered to achieve great...
This may be too daunting a technical challenge, but I have a suggestion that might really be helpful to users . . . Since there are going to be...
Ditto . . . stop idolizing real people, and embrace the values that made them great.
I cannot overstate how impressed I am with this work, Matt. It is truly a service to the industry at large. I think that, if prominently...
On the 1899, the only breaks in luster are from marks, and not from rubbing. Marks such as you called out are perfectly acceptable . . . even...
1882-CC goes AU55 & 1899 grades MS63 (barely misses MS64)
Possibly for the very same reason that you can understand not including the nickels and pennies, someone else thought it acceptable to exclude the...
As far as I know, noone has yet discovered a 40% silver Ike minted in Denver in 1973, but I wouldn't bet much against it's existence.
In the context of the referenced post, mint was used in the verbal past tense, and not as a noun.
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