I felt them to be a little lax. Everyone wore masks, sort of. You know, some were pulled down below the nose, others were pulled down to the...
Not challenging your feelings in any way but I am curious. FUN is like the second week of January. Why do you call that tax season and when...
This past Sunday, I attended my first coin show since last February. It was the monthly show in Melbourne, FL by my club, the South Brevard Coin...
PR-66. Very nice coin but not a cameo, IMHO.
I don't suggest buying your acetone at the nail salon. The nail polish remover they sell does contain acetone but also various additives to make...
Wish my '94 looked that good.
I agree. My type set includes one Liberty Cap half cent and one Liberty Cap large cent. That, to me, seems sufficient to represent the type....
Well, he joined this forum with the idea that we were all here to provide him with an unlimited grading service. He did get a number of people...
I might be inclined to respond to the requests if the photos were posted full size. But I don't even bother when they are thumbnails.
A brutalized Barber 1905-S half. Why did I bother to photograph this coin? Oh, It's because I bought it when I about 14 years old. [ATTACH]...
Pustules. Disgusting sounding but certainly plausible.
I forgot to mention that the coin is standard "coin turn" with the reverse off about 15 degrees from 180 degrees. That puts the reverse "blob"...
So I was sitting at the diner this morning with some of my buds when up walks our local collector of all things nostalgic and the purveyor of...
While I enjoy the hunt for "just the right example" as much as anyone, I have to say that there's an elephant in the room. If you are in your 20s...
While I absolutely agree with @physics-fan3.14 about avoiding cleaned coins as a general rule, I have on rare occasions deliberately purchased a...
The 1804 looks like a C-10 to me. "Crosslet 4 with Stems" Obverse 4: Closely spaced date with the 4 vertical, slightly high and close to the 0....
I use: The Half Cent, 1793-1857, The Story of America's Greatest Little Coin c. 2019 by William R. Eckberg Easy to use and with quite good...
If you will start a new thread, I will walk you through how I attribute half dimes.
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Yes, I stand corrected. The 1795 is C-2a. I originally missed the "4 berries per stem".
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