Those could just as easily be pot metal fakes, you can't tell anything from the photo. O fb seller-- just asking for trouble, imo.
Hi, this isn't my series, but when I enlarge the images with my browser, I see a few marks on Ben's cheek, but the bell looks pretty clean. I'm...
Yes, that Bust Dime is just amazing! Perfect type coin! I bought the 1844 dollar at Bowers and Merena's Baltimore auction in the spring- it's...
I wonder about dark brown coloring too: I have this 1847 dollar in my "short set" and it is a deep, chocolate brown- I overexposed the photos a...
Thanks, so do I. "Circam" toning is one of my favorites! You have one to post?
The Chinese fakes continue to improve, here is one drawing bids right now that is a challenge as the forgers have gotten most of the commonly used...
That's very sound advice.
Lehigh, did you find that the whizzing in the fields altered the way the luster "rolls' when the coin is tilted in the light? I agree, that is a...
Latest addition to my "short set" (184049) of Seated Liberty dollars: [IMG] [IMG]
That's a very cool coin, would make a great type set example!
And, with PCGS, you will get a code for "altered surfaces" or "damaged/tooled," neither is especially enlightening.
One with a bit less wear than most of mine, a 1917-d obv. [IMG] [IMG]
Nice example, Rusty. Raw, that coin would fool a lot of people from photos, me included.
Really nice coins, you guys! My first ones were uncircs from the 40's, then I drifted into circulated ones from the first 10 years-- they're all...
Great post, Lehigh! Travis, I hope you accept the advice & opinions offered in the spirit in which they are intended-- that is, honest and...
Nice Walkers, folks. I'll post a couple more this weekend, keep 'em coming!
Lovely coin, Eduard, I think vf-35, but it might hit xf40. Just a great example, with very few marks that I can see.
That's great news, and it made it into an NGC slab! Congratulations on a very rare find!
It's really aggravating when me and some others report it with the diagnostics, and get a canned email that says they'll have a group of 'experts'...
Not my field... but I believe about a VG8, maybe 10, given all the reverse detail; nice planchet; nice even brown; 7/6 overdate- maybe 100-120$ ?
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