Bashlow restrikes are kind of cool. I have one. BUT... despite the wishful thinking of some high end dealers and rich collectors, there is...
Here's what I wrote about VerdiCare in the same article: Verdi-Care [Verdi-Chem, Cincinnati, OH] labels itself “a modern alternative to using oil...
I published a study of several cleaning agents in 2018. One of them was MS70. Here's what I wrote: It isn’t an acid dip. According to the label,...
I agree that it wasn't whizzed, or if it was, it was heavily burnished after. What I see is the burnishing.
Ideally, use a PO Box. This happened to me last week, and I went to the PO and told them the tracking notice said it was "picked up" when it...
Back in the early 2000s I did a long statistical study of the appearances of half cents on eBay (back when you could get actual meaningful data...
A couple of comments. First, there is now a collection in Texas that has all of the business strikes, making it the second complete business...
Scarce variety. The second scarcest half cent after 1811. I agree that there isn’t enough detail for me to call it XF, but the TPGs often call...
Very badly whizzed.
Nice coins but not proofs.
Low AU.
Heavy tooling. Definitely fake.
It’s a little bit of lint. Definitely not a die crack.
EF but messed with.
For ANY series, it all depends on how many people want to collect it.
Isn't this the one I reported a couple of years ago? not the specific coin, but that these were fakes?
It's definitely fake. I was giving my TPG grade opinion.
I'm guessing they called it 45, but the curls at the shoulder aren't separated, so it's actually VF.
Price guides are of value if and only if you are buying and selling commodity coins. By that I mean slabbed Morgans and Saints. Maybe you can add...
I voted 65. Personally, I think the hits on the left obverse field would knock it down from that, but PCGS probably called it a 65 or 66.
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