There are some cameo proofs for all issues starting in 36, but for the most part, cameos became the norm when the San franscisco mint took over....
Thank you much. I'm working on a date set of AU or better, though many are MS (and a few are details grades). Though we'll keep that our little...
Not really even a guess, just the high price for a business strike vs proof strike.
Toners are not worth the money to me, but that's just me. I have a hard time paying extra for corrosion. That is not to say that I don't find some...
Not all coins are or need to be certified. Plenty of collectors, including myself, routinely purchase raw coins and never get them certified. When...
[ATTACH] I like em.
Im not sure offhand, but it isn't like they don't exist. It doesn't really matter anyway, a proof like will never be as valuable as a proof.
What makes you say that, looks completely natural to me. I'm not trying to question your opinion, but I've been wrong in spotting this a few times...
Close, but I think that it was graded properly without the CAM designation. Clearly it is the high end of the grade though. You could pretty...
Maybe, but I'd put the grade at MS-66 tops and this would be a difference of price between a proof and business strike somewhere between 80-100K.
That is how dealers stay in business, they can't possibly pay full retail and survive. Quite honestly, the best way to sell for top dollar is eBay...
Well the 1898 looks like an honest XF-40, but the 1903 looks like it's been cleaned XF details. For the money, decent, but pretty much full retail...
I'd call it an AU-50 and say that you paid a little on the high side, but not bad. What do the other two look like?
I'm not convinced it's a proof, just not crisp enough for me. I am convinced about the existence of branch mint 1875-S proofs though and have seen...
Lovely coin, but I agree with the others, no benefit of slabbing this one. Just too common in higher grades.
Now that's something you don't see everyday.
IMO, unless you are working on completing a proof set of shields, buying a very well circulated 1878 for hundreds of dollars would not be a very...
Yea, how does that even happen?
That's too bad @geekpryde, really sorry to hear that. I, on the other hand, got a huge quarterly commission check and have bought a whole bunch of...
I'll have to check with the old man on that @OdedPaz, he is really the doubloon collector. I just get what I can for him to continue my...
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