There was some serious sniping going on. If only the bidding stopped 10 seconds sooner!
I lost another bidding war. Probably a good thing since I was going to have to finance it over a couple of years. [ATTACH]
There was another altered date 1799 that sold for crazy money a few weeks back, even though it was sold as an altered date.
Well I had it down to a matron head...
I just won this on eBay. $49.25 with postage so it just slips into this thread. This is both a common R1 variety and Unique as a new Die State...
Not usually. You can almost always see the edges of the holder in the photos. Things have improved immensely since the days the holders were the...
https://duckduckgo.com/?t=ffnt&q=J.+Stapleton&atb=v182-1&ia=web Page 2 Full Stock Pennsylvania Long Rifle I found this on the web and it was...
Just another Attribution error by a TPG for those who think plastic is the last word in attribution. This is actually a nice low grade specimen of...
Rare is often something that reflects both supply and demand. Thus, the 1916-D dime is relatively rare compared with the numbers of collecters and...
Part of the problem is the seller's photos were taken on a bias and I had to"round" it up with photoshop. I'll take proper photos when it gets here.
He has photos of most die states from each die. One big difference between him and Breen is that he carries the die state throughout the life of...
After it came in, a closeup of the reverse makes me back it up to a Noyes C. There is no evidence of a rim break at F. But it does make my prior...
Just picked this up. I hope it is as described and a S-76a. It's another high detail problem coin like I like. While definitely severely damaged,...
1800 Project After much playing with comps, I have decided I cannot eliminate Obverse 15 or Reverse R. It looked close to Obverse 8 but not like...
This will eliminate most obverses: [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
The oldest scams in the book are people claiming to be expert at things they know nothing abut. ie "God lied about that fruit on that tree..." -...
Here are a couple of more: [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
This one has arrived and these are my photos including high resolution close ups of key diagnostic areas. I have not begun using them yet and will...
The Noyes Reverses indicate Five Stages A through E. Stage C has the Rim Break I thought was the equivalent of Breen II, but it doesn't actually...
I'm thinking the strong CUD over AME indicates it is a stage V. The rim break begins in stage II, but I don't think it becomes a CUD until stage...
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