In an NGC slab (a relatively modern one): [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Picked this out of a dealer's bulk Morgans yesterday. I liked the reverse die break (Star to ONe). But, something is strange about the coin. No...
Would it be fair to call this a poor man's double die? Or just a standard 1955 strike? [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Getting my son (his grandson) involved was fun. He loved sorting the pennies out from the silver. [I'll work on his priorities later] [ATTACH]
Is there an easy way to distinguish between the two types of 1864 cent? Going through my late father-in-law's unsorted grab bag, I think I've...
Cool!
The clipped die may represent an attempt to adjust the weight of the planchet at the time of minting. If it's slightly too thick, that could...
No dice at $250. Lowest they were willing to go was $600 & I thanked them for their time before walking away.
No guarantee that they were sold from anywhere near their 19th century use, but they shipped from a Wakefield postal code in the UK. Seller had...
2 other coins in the group were also countermarked; possibly from the same merchant. "E . Hind" & "EH". [ATTACH]
Is there a database of English merchant countermarks from the early 19th century? I recently picked up this rough example with a beautifully clear...
I thought I saw hits on the cheeks & went with a low ms63 PL. But, the comments I've read since suggest I may have gone a bit below the mark.
It's a term like "pin head," 'innit? A faint regard for their brilliance.
The range has been well discussed by others, but with the caveat that grading a coin by pictures alone is fraught above ms61, I think this...
At most of the larger shows, the slabbers do you have a presence. But, certainly not every one.
They're looking for $650, which seems rather high for me. There is a hint of luster in hand. I'm thinking it likely had an old dipping and retoned...
I'm still learning to grade these & think the bullion shop I saw this at has an AU price on a VF coin. What do you think is a fair grade & price...
Oh, it's not *that* dirty!
I'm still unclear on what's going on. But it appears that NGC added it to my inventory, but considered it unworthy of a pointed registry set, so...
Yep, it's one of my larger pieces. Half dollar for scale (I obscured the registry number, as I do on most postings to stop slab counterfeiters)....
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