Whopper of a coin! Unfortunately, I suspect that it will come back UNC Details for what appear to be hairlines, predominantly in one direction....
That all depends on whether the LCS already has customers lined up to buy its purchased 90%.
Your coin looks like a winner at the assigned grade . . . boldly struck, intensely lustrous, no deep marks, and the color does not look unnatural....
1870-S Half Dime.
As a followup, I'm now doing the Baltimore Show regularly in the fall and spring. I'm not yet sure about the summer show. Hopefully three won't...
Some more fun stuff: A colorful 1929 Lincoln (more vibrant than it appears) . . . [ATTACH] [ATTACH] A homely but scarce BU 1945 Merc with...
So, let's say you have three 1913 Liberty nickels to start, and you can't get a buyer interested in one at more than $3M, so you destroy one,...
I concur that the coin is genuine, but also disfigured in undesirable areas. I don't think the merchants much cared about preserving the design.
Yeah . . . Between that, and dent pullers, we collision experts can make any coin look good!
This is a point carrying far more weight than most realize. On numerous occasions, in peddling through Coinfacts, I was able to identify many...
You and me both.
It would not surprise me at all if there are as many dates which PCGS could almost as effectively cherry-pick to turn the tables on NGC. Quite...
Oh Stevey . . . you will be good.
Easy answer . . . The Chinese don't make the kind of wages Americans do. Most factory workers in China are lucky if they pull down $1.50 per hour...
No, this is a Details coin.
A nice, originally toned 1891 DDR Quarter Eagle . . . doubling pronounced at wingfeathers and AMERICA . . . not rare, but neat. [ATTACH]...
Aw, c'mon . . . you know I can't answer that question here.
How about this absolutely PERFECT 1903-S dollar (please excuse the glare spots from the mylar 2x2)? Only VF in grade, but a stunner! [ATTACH]...
My Brett, aren't you the benevolent one . . . giving away someone else's stuff!
Huh, I hadn't even noticed until you pointed it out.
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