Indeed, you got a very nice looking coin. I have found some pleasant pieces from them in the past as well. Congratulations!
Very, very nice. These are difficult to grade but think you may be a bit conservative with the AEF business as it looks def. a full EF at least in...
Yes, you are spot on with regards to that. I just don't like them. However, they had another inexpensive coin that I got and perhaps shall post. I...
Which, the grade? Me either...
I quite agree with that point. However the details in George's hair and some of the reverse detail such as on the lions' extremities and the...
OK, this coin was sold at London Coins auction about a week ago and is interesting (at least to me) as it appears to me a certain way from the...
I always find it interesting to refer to the Brits. Specimens were for all intents and purposes proofs through the 19th century [at least]. But...
Actually baseball, that IS how it works. Entertained would be rational discourse rather than unsubstantiated and baseless contrarian flat...
I have not ever heard of a designated specimen strike being superior to a proof, and would take exception to that. In the OP, the depicted coin we...
Yikes, I think I may let others handle this. It is difficult to define and the definition not only vary between people but also over time. In...
Yes, exactly and a pattern at that and not an error. The only other one I am aware of was the Norweb example and this was got from Spink a bit...
My belief but I can not prove is the FM coins were sent to Central Banks and then these coins were paid out randomly, possibly in the mix with RAM...
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