First - welcome, zachfromnj ! :high5: Second - I suppose the short answer is collect what you enjoy. There's something about the Morgan / Peace...
That was my understanding. I don't have a book handy, but it would be interesting to determine how many different die marriages had silver...
A true classic. Nicely centered. Congrats ! I recently missed on a sixpence. Non-buyer's regret; I should have chased it a little more than I did.
Great question, PG. As mentioned above, there is no hard and fast rule. Like other elements of coin grading, it's subjective. The lower the...
IMO, ANA Standards seem to indicate the F12 coin is very close and the VF25 is overgraded. Yes, they are very similar coins.
Yep.
It's a contract service provided by the US Mint on behalf of others. I suppose there are many small nations who don't really need a mint....
What do error collectors as a group think about slabs ? Certain areas of the hobby, taken as groups, prefer raw coins - notably ancients and...
In fact, I prefer the eye appeal of the F12 myself.
Call me crazy, but those two coins have very different grades and yet very similar amount of detail.
Here are my latest E-Bay auction listings. I have several fixed priced listings as well. Be sure to check out 900fine.com ! There's lots more...
There's a lot of value in that. Yes, sweeping generalizations are dangerous. I agree with others that AU58s are commonly superior to MS60s, 61s,...
I had a non-stacking rattler once. My first $10 libbie (MS63, got it off of E-bay). Sent it in to PCGS, upgraded to MS64.
When one says "a disparity in value", be careful... sometimes we're comparing apples and oranges. PROBLEMS : For instance, let's pick $3 gold,...
My coin hobby is largely self-supporting right now... sell a few, buy a few. So my budget is based on sales.
People believe all sorts of things which turn out to be in error; that doesn't necessarily mean they are entitled to awards for damages. Does...
The whole thing looks rather gothic... almost like a torture chamber ! Working conditions in those days were much , much tougher than today. We...
I can't imagine a better place for a coin show than a mint. Except maybe my living room. :kewl:
green18 is probably right; almost all of these have been cleaned at some point. It's not a bad coin. I think it shows VF30 detail. My concern is...
Yes, that seems clear now. My bad. Thanks for the clarification, Mark ! Which raises the question of "the government's language". What sort of...
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