I think they were. I read an article about her work on those, but it was undated. Helps to know chronology when you're trying to figure out...
Ignore that last pic. Mint mark from the wrong coin.
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I expected the 80/79 VAM to be visible to the naked eye, but it seems like this one is a lot more subtle than I expected. Do you think this is the...
Also, as no one has mentioned it yet, I think they add an interesting feature to your already beautiful piece.
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Yeah, the obverse on these sometimes looks more like a washerwoman than my feminine ideal. [ATTACH]
Anyone have pieces from the Egyptian Gods series? These 2 troy oz .999 fine silver medals have some pretty high relief and are pretty pieces. Now...
Yeah, I'm trying to determine if that's a bagmark hit or something that happened to the die pre-strike (or both). This year has an O/S variety...
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It's amazing to see which elements were copied and how they changed over time. Kind of like seeing the art through a proto-British barbarian...
Waiting on a tax return & settlement check to splurge a bit...
How are they with error coins? Do they have an additional surcharge for checking for errors? And what's their turnaround time? I've only slabbed...
It was, in fact, an MS63. Solid grading, y'all.
Interesting. Thanks for sharing. There's a lot about slabbing that you don't know if you don't ask - and there are certainly more...
At the time, what was the value of the 78 CC? Before the hoard was released, it may have been one of the more common CCMorgans on the market....
I'll see what I can do when I retrieve it from my safety deposit box. Not trying to be thick here, but you are aware that the forum downsized...
I ended up having to make a police report to get my money back. Local police are asking me to obtain the written opinion of a third party expert...
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