I promised I would update you when I got this coin in hand. So, I've been photographing this coin and analyzing it today. My photos below....
I'd call it F-15 to VF-20 for sharpness. But it is corroded so if you had it graded it would be a Details coin. I would call EAC Net Grade...
It's the retail trade. Every customer-facing business has to deal with the public for the good, the bad and the indifferent. I have seen coin...
I'm very upset this dog got a 65 so I probably won't bid on it.
Well, I haven't bought anything in a LCS in a couple of years but when I buy off the bourse at coin shows, anything that is over $50, I request a...
Some recent posts about a new forum section to acquaint people with coins and their rarity (or not) resulted in me thinking about which three...
Oh, one other thing. I find that having the specialist book (Cline in this case) does not answer every question and sometimes the more general...
I have Cline, 4th edition. My guess is that there's more detail than the Bowers book if by that you mean the Whitman book.
I see some pretty significant cuts and dings on the portrait and fields on the obverse. The reverse shows quite a few small dings on the...
Thanks for the correction. There is so much incorrect "stuff" out there so thanks for helping me to not perpetuate more of it.
I went to the local coin club monthly show in Melbourne, Florida today. Very busy. About 40 dealers and the floor was packed with people, could...
Well, for a possible proof that would grade 60 and above, obviously look for very strong strike, square rims, and reflective surfaces. For...
AU-53. I'd go 55 but I don't see much luster at all.
This is really an interesting coin and I thank the OP for posting it. I already called it PF-60 with the notation that I am no means certain it...
PF-60. I'm a bit torn on whether MS or PF, but obviously leaning proof. I don't think it's a circulated proof, hence the 60 due to many contact...
That's a fact! Two men in my local coin club are bust half collectors. The "newbie" only has about 270 varieties but the "senior" tells me he...
I would love to see that coin in person! I am looking for one in VF-20 to 30 for my type set.
I am feeling your pain. You are doing the correct thing, IMHO, by moving them out of the album. Album toning is an attractive "thing" to many...
I agree it is the BB-27. Below observations are made with reference to Bowers' book. "Die State I: Perfect reverse...one in 20 to 30 1795 BB-27...
There are many people that collect bust halves by die marriage. There are, I believe, over four hundred die marriages and some of them cost well...
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