I don't know, but luster is the only thing lacking and that is hard to see on darker coins. It could very well be there. I look at the hairline...
Thank you so much for the detailed explanation. Now it makes sense because I didn't think of a thin piece of material when I thought of a strike...
It should make the condition census which is pretty high for a non Nichols Find variety. But I don't see any wear. The surfaces came from the mint...
R2. Reread my post. I edited it when I looked at the Breen and Noyes books and saw it was a die state indicator and not an isolated situation...
Definitely the S-157, Die State III with crumbling around the loops like the 1802 Reverse B. Oddly enough, the top of the (E)D struck up better...
I left off two other possibilities in my Eureka Moment. Proving the reverse is not Sheldon Reverse A does not prove it is Sheldon Reverse B just...
Generally true and some wouldn't have called it borderline.
I don't know about ANACs specifically, but most who grew up in the 60s and 70s and would be grading in the 90s would have had that bias. Premiums...
$225. I'm not sure how much would be the holder premium and how much would be the perceived under grading due to blast white bias.
Because of it's holder, I speculated about this on another thread....
OK! I think I've had a Eureka! moment. Look at the two photos at the bottom of the left ribbon loop. The first is a nice example of an early...
Could this have been a void in the planchet and still left some detail? I wouldn't think so, but I have no explanation that is satisfactory at...
I'm now confident in the Obverse attribution due to the clash marks below the hair ribbon. This is diagnostic of Noyes Obverse 1801-3 Die Dtate C...
S-167 (VI) or new VII? This is a closeup of the area from (E)D to the crack from the right serif of (S)T. It has everything described on (VI) and...
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S-167 (VI) or new VII? This is a close-up of the damaged area. It confuses me a bit because it is definitely a depression in the coin, But both a...
Excellent find. The subtleties between the three obverses sharing this reverse is quite an art. the S-184 being the easiest to distinguish with a...
I just picked up this SEGS attributed coin and hope I can see more in the copper than in the photos. I like being able to confirm an attribution...
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