I am so very sorry to hear of your loss. It's always hard.
I wonder if they'll let me look at it during lot viewing at FUN? They'll probably just look at me and wonder "Why is this peasant even asking?"
Going strictly by the attractiveness of the coins and the price, I would have probably passed on both of them. The PCGS coin is more attractive:...
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It's not rude to disagree and I am fine with debate. For the die marriages of 1860, if you go to the page listing of all the 1860 die marriages...
A low 8. And I agree the rim/edge damage visible at obverse K9 and K1 would merit a details grade.
I went through Kamal Ahwash's book for the 1860 and he makes no references to clash marks for the 1860 Philadelphia issues. But his book was the...
There are many, many examples of new die marriages that have been verified with only one example ever surfacing. Now, getting PCGS et al to...
That is pretty much exactly what I do. The Dealer/Table map that FUN hands out free (also available ahead of time from the website) is very...
A relatively quick way to get your coin and claim in front of a very knowledgeable audience is to write up your findings with first-rate photos...
@ToughCOINS I hope that wasn't your shipment. But to a prior poster's comment about the value of the shipment, this kind of coin shipment is not...
I understand exactly what you've gone through. Been there myself. When I approach a dealer, invariably the dealer will ask "What are you looking...
As @physics-fan3.14 already knows, his coin reflects all of the Very Late Die State (VLDS) characteristics described in Dick Graham's. I don't...
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I wasn't going to opine because of the poor photos plus I'm dealing with a leaky clothes washer right now. But, since you asked I'll venture 64...
It looks like the C-1 to my untutored eye. What gave it away?
You are correct. There is nowhere near the interest in the Reeded Edge half dollars as there is in the Lettered Edge coins, especially the Capped...
Nice overdate. Yours is the B-1 die marriage, R-2. The obverse was repunched from the 1805 B-4. The reverse was used for the 1805 B-4 and also...
I don't see why PCGS gave this a grade of 40. The new photo shows much better color than the yellow tint of the earliest photos. And both sides...
I like the coin although I can see where some folks might not like the degree of toning. Also makes estimation of luster difficult on top of...
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