In 1967 Al C. Overton wrote a book called "US Early Half Dollar Die Varieties 1794-1936". In that book he listed all the know bust half die...
nope, sorry, the closest I ever came was a 1928 FRN that was "redeemable in gold" but no actual gold certs, unfortunately.
if those diagnostics check out, then it's not quite as nice as the R5 o-109, but it's still and nice R3.
looks like an O-116 to me based on the star 7 to headband position as well as the star 13 touching the curls. Also the motto band is properly...
to a certain extent you can tell (you being the professional grading services) The die characteristics of the proofs are well know (to those who...
That only works on organic things, which gold is not.
or it slipped off the pallet and the pallet fell on it, or it got caught between a couple of machines...
There are plenty of people who agree with you...
Technical grading is strictly grading a coin based solely on the merits of the coin and it attributes, whereas market grading is very much...
lol, directly from the listing: "This specimen has the same gold plate as was used 123 years ago." They at least admit that it is only the same...
I know a dealer that sells 5000 coin bags of wheat cents for $195 each, shipped. That is a 3.9 cents a piece and it is about the best I've found....
by the way, isn't that some fabulous clashing on that 3CN! and then the die cud to boot! I picked it up for a song since the dealer thought the...
That picture guarantees that the mark is POST-striking damage. Here is an example of what the weakness he was talking about looks like: This...
Yep, that is what is going into my type set.
These coins are notorious for developing spots like yours called "milk spots" although your seems to be worse than most that I've seen. Those...
You know, I'm gonna have to make a trip to DC to see that collection. When I was there in HS (1995) it wasn't on display, although I admit I was...
It is worth it's melt value which right now is about $4
lol, I coached baseball at a small school for 4 years and I worked with a fair number of coaches like you describe. :)
ok, I withdraw my previous comment and replace it with, "Wow, it just wouldn't make any sense for me to send that particular coin to NNC unless I...
hmmm, after hunting around it appears that NNC hasn't been in business for three years yet and according to their website they will not grade any...
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