Good edge photos. I don't see anything to make me think the coin is not genuine.
I agree with @Insider that it's B-9, often called the "Amateur Diecutter's Reverse". It's Die State 2 with the reverse die crack from O of OF to...
Regarding so-called "EAC Grading", allow me to clarify something that tends to get lost in the shuffle due to things like the abbreviated format...
The phenomenon you describe is not actually an artifact of EAC grading. It's a result of TPG market grading. In this system a coin that. for...
I'm a member of EAC and a student of the EAC Grading Guide but by no means an expert. I agree with you that EAC grading is largely useless for...
I don't know the dealer you're referring to despite my attendance at all the FUN shows the last few years. However, I have certainly seen this...
Mine just bought this for her quilting obsession and even though I had to assemble it for her, I don't get to use it. I have a variety of...
This is what I use. Based upon Redbook with a couple of additions. The only one I don't have is the 1853, Variety 1 without arrows or rays....
Ooh, jealous. I'm looking for a nice Machin's for my set. Your coin looks like Vlack 23-88A, R-2, struck in 1788 at Machin's Mills. For those...
You might consider joining C4, the Colonial Coin Collectors Club. https://colonialcoins.org/
There is no single. definitive reference on all pre-federal issues. There are over 300 separate die marriages of Connecticut coppers alone!. But...
That's unfortunate. If a club is dominated by people with any of a variety of personality disorders, then it can be a nightmare. My club went...
I belong to a local club which was established in 1955. We have about 70 or so members of which about 45 to 55 attend each meeting. We meet...
The financial advice commentator Clark Howard said it best long prior to AI: "Customer No-Service"
Here's how I picture the ancient coin striking method: Slave A places one die on a flat stone and places a blank flan on that die. Slave A holds...
My surmise is that as long as the TPG can, with reasonable confidence, certify that the crack or other minting issue is actually "as struck", then...
Not to be too school-marmish about it but I think you meant 17 mm or 1.7 cm. Anyway, cool little thing.
Here's a couple of small ones. I haven't measured the sceatta but it's probably about 14mm. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
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I much prefer to retain a traditional view of the word "rare" or "rarity. Such a designation, IMO, should be reserved for that which is quite...
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