Fair enough, Lehigh. I just don't want those with less experience than you or me to look at this post and think, gee, I should buy that toner on...
I never got to my research -- had to tie some flies for next week.... I think we can both agree on this -- people pay for unique or nearly unique...
Very nice coin, Lehigh. Congrats on your NEWP.
I agree, this is a particularly bad strike even for a series that suffers from them.
I think that most people would prefer fewer, higher quality coins -- myself included. However, a collection of one coin isn't really a...
Do you have the coin in-hand? The reason I ask is because unless you have the coin in-hand, it is difficult/impossible to truly judge luster....
Wow, they really messed up that die the first time. You have to wonder what the die sinker was doing/thinking at the time. Was he in a hurry?...
p.s. this seller, while a good guy who I have bought from before (and he has a good return policy), does sell lots of problem coins -- go into his...
Yes, and harshly so. Not only are the hairlines a dead giveaway, the coin has no "skin", and silver that circulated more than 150 years ago...
p.p.s. that is also a rather odd weakly struck area. I can't say I've seen one of these struck quite like this before -- but neither am I a...
p.s. my sense is the coin is AU details and may or may not be net graded as per the answer to the question above.
Eduard, How's the luster in-hand? The picture's lighting makes it very difficult to assess, and it is critical to grading of this coin (and most...
I suspect Lehigh is correct, but I'll go a bit more conservative in my guess -- AU 55.
Noyes and BHC? Wha? Thought he stopped at 1839???
p.s. some people also include "conditional" rarities -- I think that's contrived and therefore I didn't include it in the above discussion.
"What makes a coind rare? Mintage numbers?" In the classic sense of the term, two things... Mintage and survival rate. Combine the two and you...
C'mon Toad, are these too tough for you? :D
MS or AU all day long TPG wise, AU to XF to an EACer I'd bet. If that coin is in XF plastic, I'll swallow a large cent (metaphorically speaking,...
Winner of adults via first correct PM, but only after the kids get 24 hours to try. HINT: "US Cents 1840-1857" by Grellman AND the Heritage...
Here is the large cent you are playing for: [img][img]
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