I've never seen this piece before and I live in Charleston! (I don't really focus on local numismatic history, however). I will say though, slave...
Blakesly effect means that the area 180 degrees across the coin from the clip will show weakness in the rim, because of the way the rim-rolling...
Yall - I've sold 750 copies of my book. This is absolutely incredible. If you haven't had a chance to pick up my tutorial, now is your chance....
PCGS actually has a free pictograph grading guide for all series. Check out Reeded Halves here, and give us another try:...
If this is anything less than 66, I'll be surprised. I actually voted 67 because Lehigh and NGC and I tend to disagree about how to weight...
If there is wear, it cannot be an Mint State grade. What you are seeing on the reverse here appears to be mostly due to a weak strike.
I'm at VF-30.
This is die polish on a PL coin [ATTACH]
What you are seeing are not die polish lines. You have a starburst pattern of radial streaks. Error-ref says "cause uncertain".
Apparently, they don't teach cursive any more. So to a younger person, this would in fact be illegible.
I just stumbled across this video. It has one of the most detailed views of the modern minting process. A thorough look at the industrial...
No, I'm not speaking negative of them at all! I'm merely saying that's more money than I want to regularly put in right now.
I think bars generally don't come in very small sizes.... 10 ounce seems to be a standard size? I don't want to put that much money in right now....
I'm looking to buy bullion silver. What do you stack and why? Eagles? Maples? Morgans? Junk 90%? Art rounds? Something else? What do you stack...
I've never seen it offered as a PDF. The dealer David Kahn was selling these (he works a lot with Dick Graham). He might have more info, or be...
Oh, no, it isn't.
I don't have a pic of the slab. You have to just trust me.
End result... NGC called it AU-58. Several of you got it, so congrats!
All you had to do was ask :) The GR number (Graham-Reiver) is like the Overton number for the lettered edge varieties. I've been told the book...
So, just looking at the obverse, we have a wide variety of lines and marks.... 1. Marks on the slab - that long, thin, white line to the left of...
Separate names with a comma.
