Barber wasn't a buffoon. He was a great technician when it came to creating designs that would optimize quality of strike and die life. He was...
The coin looks crunchy, but the picture is lousy. It could go 62-63 at PCGS or NGC. I don't think there's a green bean in its future in a 63...
I'll try to give a short answer to your questions. The first proofs of the 20th century were the Barber, Morgan, Longacre designs. These coins...
Yup. I think 1919 and 1927 are the most common dates for these samples.
I won one of the "Silver Tickets" at the ANA show so that I could buy one of the Director's Strike coins. PCGS sent reps to the mint booth to...
Can you get a close-up picture of where the wings meet the legs at the bottom of the wings?
Heavily worn. Looks like a real 1878 8TF.
A bit confused. The mystery grade coin is in a PCGS slab and you're showing an 1803 $10 in an NGC slab with a rim ding by the Y in LIBERTY. Did...
I'm not in the game anymore and the contestants have chimed in, so I'll armchair quarterback this and say the 1803 $10 looks like a wholesome...
Soaked in acid. The copper layer dissolved faster than the CuNi layers.
I think these are unflattering photos of a straight graded AU53 with a CAC sticker.
Good move. I've had this in my "5 required coins for a US collection" list for a long time.
There are hidden pictures on this site that I used to make an online attribution guide from. Took me all of 5 minutes, so it's not pretty, but it...
Looks AU58. Give my prize to a YN if one enters.
I've told Ron Landis that he should have made an 1834 capped bust dollar and an 1834 classic head bust $10 to properly "finish" those proof sets,...
The 9 just got mashed a bit by something. Not sure how, but that's all it is.
Mailed in envelopes with the coins wrapped in tissue. Remember there weren't the same mail destroying sorting machines then as there are now.
Right. I guess I meant to say highly saturated.
Yep. It would be nice if all TPGs would adopt this, but I'm sure PCGS has it buried in IP barriers that would force their competitors to pay them...
And don't drink blue gatorade while using it. Advice I gave Larry Briggs once.
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