Frankly, it's not worth my time or trouble to fix the label. I have it identified with a sticker on the slab and in my database/photos so the...
From "Through the Looking Glass" "Well, in our country," said Alice, still panting a little, "you'd generally get to somewhere else—if you run...
Oh, I am not attacking Heritage or PCGS. I understand that when thousands of coins are being processed, mistakes happen. I am noting my own...
I posted on this coin last week after I won it in a Heritage auction for a $68 hammer and got bit by Heritage's $29 minimum buyers premium....
I am not disagreeing with you. I concur that many, maybe most, scratches and hairlines exhibit raised edges. But a scratch that occurs early in...
@bradgator2, your coin looks like it is the 1837 GR-3, an R-2 die marriage. I didn't expend a lot of time on the attribution so I could be off...
I didn't count but I think I got 5 correct. Not very good. My error was that I tended to think they would bean it when they didn't.
That is why I was working toward a dimensionless geometric definition with L/D ratio calculations. Not that that is intended to be the end-all of...
Sorry for the loss. I didn't know Ron but I'm sure he will be missed.
Larry, I went to Summer FUN and it was great. I will be there in January, probably all three days. Hope to see you there.
Here's a common definition of the verb: "score or mark the surface of (something) with a sharp or pointed object." Of course, all the terms in...
Much improved replacement. Good job!
I see a chop mark, which by definition is a disfigurement of the original coin, albeit for legitimate reasons in commerce. I've seen many worse,...
This is good as far as it goes but I think it leaves out one or maybe two critical dimensions and those are depth and width. Hairlines meet the...
Try the dealer directory at the ANA website. www.money.org
There is no question that I have a few raw coins I purchased from a "trusted" dealer when I was starting to collect - a mere 4 years ago....
The Ancients Crowd say the same thing about the new-fangled screw press. "There hasn't been a real coin minted since they threw away the hammer!"
Purchased at the Exposition?
Latest addition to the Capped Bust Half Dime collection. This is 1829, die marriage LM-5, a common variety at R-1. Graded NGC MS-63. I liked...
Thanks @Insider. I am gratified that we can continue to trust ICG. A simple database error was what I was hoping for. I relied on that...
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