1820 O-105 PCGS AU50 [IMG] 1825 O-117 (raw) [IMG]
Nice repunched date! Unfortunately, these aren't cataloged by anyone, as mentioned earlier. Someone from CONECA would probably catalog it as...
Yup. The O in GOD and the marker by the shoulder is all I needed to see. Congrats, and don't forget to tell your wife how much we all geeked out...
Comparisons to those shown here would help, especially the letters GOD and the area just in front of Lincoln's shoulder pointed to just above the...
Torn between DDO-002 and 007, leaning toward 002. The spread on IGWT is pretty strong on your coin, and the secondary O in GOD is incomplete, as...
You're not losing money on that one.
Either a hit or a spot on the mint mark.
OK, scoring one for "blowback", then.
I know, but for every scenario, you could probably imagine a way to mitigate the risk, even though it would eventually paralyze the business. For...
Many of their customers do, as well. I wonder if they'll get blowback because of this. On the other hand, if NGC or any other business for that...
This will be tricky. I'm not aware of who or what organization catalogs die varieties for $10 Libs, if any. Given the high mintage for 1881 and...
Always a popular variety, and all 3 VAMs are affordable into the low MS grades. The early die state coins are all rare, with the rarest being the...
Absolutely true. Compare also with moderns graded 70 with special labels. I have one Fugio in my collection (Newman 15-Y). It was one of those...
17 berries. There's no value difference between 16 and 17. The 17 berry reverse is not as common, but there were still north of 10 million made....
Yeah, now that I can look at a large picture, it's definitely VAM 80. 7TF, B1 (long nock) reverse. This one also can come with weakness on the...
He is wrong about die cracks indicating a counterfeit coin.
The tail feathers on VAM 42 look exactly like this. You can see the extra tail feather tips at the bottom of the middle 3 tail feathers,...
Jumping in late. Thanks for the tag @Mainebill and @cpm9ball . The reverse weakness by the eagle's left foot is typical of the VAM 42 reverse,...
Might just be a spot on the coin by the mint mark.
65FBL. Nice luster, attractive. Minor ticks on the face and coat, but the fields are quite clean. The slightly heavier reed marks on the bell...
Separate names with a comma.