This thing all things devours: Birds, beasts, trees, flowers; Gnaws iron, bites steel; Grinds hard stones to meal; Slays king, ruins town, And...
I'm not all that crazy about GC's images, but they are consistent, which is important. If you look at enough of them, you can learn how to read...
The coin pictured above has machine doubling, not a doubled die. The 1927 VAM 2 DDO has doubling that's most easily seen on the designer's...
Yes. I have a 1479 as well, but this one is nicer.
I took a photo of this painting when I was at the Getty Museum last week, mostly to share with coin folk. Quentin Massys (or Metsys or Matsys)...
Close, but no cigar.
OP coin looks like a normal SMS coin.
"Particle boardies"
You were given sound advice about this coin, and wishing you luck isn't going to change the fact that it's polished. I highly recommend spending...
I would only do that with their "quick release" slabs from ca. 2005 that have the rounded edge. Everything else gets stood on edge on a concrete...
There are two reasons you might want to get them graded. Get a 70 and flip for profit. In this case, you'd like 2 70s, so the odds are a little...
There are actually 4 different O mint marks. The largest is 1879 only. An oval O with a slit opening was used 1879-84, then again on a couple...
Yes. The New Orleans Mafia was established in the late 19th century. The size of the counterfeiting operation required a fairly significant...
I looked at your pictures. Still looks like a VAM 3. It actually may be possible to find out who made them and when. 1905-10 New Orleans makes...
These have a fantastic history that still hasn't been solved. 20 years ago, this was one of the only three die pairs known to have been produced...
Looks like a "legit" VAM 3, which has a date that is almost in the near position. I don't think the date is far enough left for VAM 96.
Deciding whether to count the number on my left hand or my right, because I don't think I'll need both.
Hard pass. I might consider an otherwise attractive coin with minor problems for a Dansco, maybe, but this one is downright nasty, with no...
Flummoxed and flabbergasted that this is a flop? Fool.
I'm not going to read through the thread, but I'll post my observations. This is a Seated Half dollar that looks like it has corrosion on it, so...
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