Congrats. What made this your white whale? Are these hard to find, or were you looking for a particular attribute? (not a Kennedy collector,...
Usually a cud is a blobby bit where the die broke off. Retained cud seems to be an oxymoron to me.... this is a die break. Perhaps I'd call it a...
I agree. The black background looks best. And, I'm glad the red idea was quickly abandoned. I *really* did not like that.
Where is the retained cud? I see an incomplete die break on the second coin, and I see a complete die break on the third coin. I don't see a CUD...
Although, admittedly, even this category is a tie: [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I have several answers to this question.... There are probably 5 which I'd rank as a Tie for "most beautiful I'd own." I'll post the first one,...
Standard business strike. Doesn't meet PL qualities. Isn't a proof (all proofs of this year were minted in San Francisco).
Yes, all three of those are clearly proofs. Probably all from the same proof set. But you probably already knew that.
Many of the pedigrees have also come down to the point where they trade nearly equal to un-pedigreed examples. When the Newman collection first...
With all of these pedigrees, there are the showstopping centerpieces that sell for hundreds of thousands. But, there are also many, many,...
Multiple threads on multiple forums still won't change our answer.... this is not an SMS. This might be slightly semi-prooflike.... but that's...
I get what you're going for, but I think the "embossed" style on the lettering is distracting. It makes it a bit hard to read, especially on the...
I think you completely missed the point of this thread.... he's asking about a photo template. The woodgrain is just a photograph background. This...
YOU HAVE A CANADIAN CENT STRUCK OVER A LINCOLN PENNY!!!!!!! HOLY CRAP! HOW IS THAT NOT GENUINE!!!!! IT LOOKS SO REAL! IT MUST BE WORTH AT LEAST A...
No, many, many Franklin proofs have no cameo, even the later years. The technology used to create cameo in that era was significantly different...
The courses may seem pricey - but the amount of knowledge you'll gain will make up for it within days. And the courses occur Monday and Tuesday,...
Yes. I collect these myself. They were hand engraved and then cast - most of them are going to be crude. The ones I'm referring to are the ones...
I'd like to go to this show someday. I'd be a lot more likely to attend if it was held somewhere besides New York City.
I believe the Mint itself might be the best resource on this matter. This is from the 1902 Mint Director's annual report. They had been studying...
I want to highlight something someone else said and sort of got overlooked: http://www.collectorscorner.com/ If you are looking for a coin, try...
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