I was working on a raw capped bust half dime and had it sitting on a mat next to my laptop. Went off to do something, came back and it was gone....
They are holding it in the same hall they've held previous summer FUN shows which is a smaller hall than the January show. I think the summer FUN...
I was looking at the dealer registry for next month's FUN show and I count about 240 dealers (excluding clubs, auction houses, TPGs, the count.)....
You don't have to like only bust halves to get a lot out of the John Reich Collectors Society, of which I am a member. In fact, while each club...
It is obvious that you have several other raw gold coins as well as many other raw coins in your type album. So, you only have four out of what,...
Coins pull double-duty - mostly. For example, I have an 1836 half dime in MS-63 that is my type coin and also one of my Capped Bust Half Dime...
I've said the same thing on these pages before. We get double-whammied between over-grading of keys and semi-keys and then hit with market...
Called a "Circ-Cam" which you've probably seen many posts herein discussing. When a circ-cam has that lovely soft gray toning in the fields is...
Well, I think verdigris is a catch-all term for copper corrosion in the form of copper carbonate and/or copper chloride. It can be just a thin...
LSCC has the most gorgeous journal of all the clubs, IMO. We also have a great monthly newsletter. Dues are supercheap and now there are monthly...
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I think it's a EF-45 but with a possibility of a prior cleaning. Just a first impression when I look at the coin but I cannot support that with...
My grade is VG-8 but I think it would grade as F-12. The TPGs would give it a F-15 but for the series of scars in the field to the left of...
MS-64. Looks like nice luster, a little bit weak strike on obverse but not much, no wear or breaks to my eye, a few lines on obverse and reverse...
For that half dime to get the gold bean, CAC thinks it is a 58. Is it a 58? Shoot, I feel lucky when I get within two grades. But this is a...
Really cool story to go with that note. I'm not familiar with CSA notes but I was intrigued by the notation that the note would be redeemed six...
Photos are pretty good. Nicely in focus and still good focus when blown up. Color looks pretty good. It looks like there's a little glare on...
Yes, there were draped bust dollars minted in 1795, but the first draped bust half dollars were minted in 1796.
Bravo, somebody finally noted that the emperor has no clothes.
Well, the most obvious is that it's a draped bust which weren't minted before 1796! Thank goodness for idiots.
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