It shouldn't grade problem free with the damage to the "E" on the obverse, but if apparently this coin is worth north of $1000 even in G4, nice...
I have lots and lots of coins that are the only examples graded by PCGS and NGC. This is one of my favorites: A total of two have been graded by...
This is all I've got: [IMG]
Here's a crop from his 1885O Morgan pics in a pronged NGC holder. I have taken thousands of images in my life, and I have seen this little...
No, it is clearly a circular crop and saturation boost. There is no "gasket" on the newer pronged holders -- and this coin is in a 3 prong PCGS...
I think the slab is truly as photographed with an improper red-shifted white balance. But the image clearly shows the digital relic of a circular...
The slab is 100% authentic and fine. The pic is taken at an angle to over-emphasize the color and probably post-processed to oversaturate. In...
And, you missed my point (twice now)... In the market all that matters is what the TPGs think are 70s, not what you or me or anyone else thinks....
We will have to agree to disagree. I would bet that if I showed you 40 slabs with the labels covered, half graded 70s and half graded 69s, that...
Your understanding of the assessments of 70 vs. 69 is theoretical. I simply don't buy that the TPGs can differentiate between a 70 vs. 69 coin...
Chris, you gotta be kidding, right -- since when is it "very easy to tell the difference between 69 and 70"? I'd even go so far as to say that...
From the recent Stacks Americana sale... [IMG]
By 2010 most issues were ruined with this laser-etching method of frosting. Below are the images from my post back in 2012 on the NGC forums that...
It's hard to think that I "read" too much into your words Doug when you stated "The Potosi mint mark, is even the source of our dollar sign -...
Doug, this has been debated in scholarly articles for years, and there is no agreement as to the origin of the dollar sign. Last I read the...
You should be able to pretty easily write a perl script that would systematically chug through the PCGS cert look up page and record all of the...
I voted "NO" from the first set of pics -- if the 2nd are closer to its real look, then I'd vote "maybe". I have never seen a coin that's a "sure...
I suppose this belongs here: [IMG]
Really impossible to tell from those pics. Looks AU58/MS62 to me. A very hard issue to grade from pictures, and a very hard grade-range to boot....
No denying that Matte Proof Lincolns are super sexy coins. Stunning workmanship. :cool:
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