I've told the story of the many upgrades of this coin before. I bought it as an MS-65 FBL on Teletrade for $1250. It is now an MS-65+ * FBL, and...
Mmmm.... I am a huge fan of this look. Here are a few examples I own (just a bit of eye candy :) ) [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH][ATTACH]...
Are you going to put the actual coin in the center square? That's a pretty cool idea.
This is actually a very interesting news story, and deserves more attention. Does anyone know any more of the details? Was he prosecuted under...
Oh man, that's a bummer. I was going to start moving my stuff off the NGC registry and onto collectivecoin, since NGC decided to burn the place down.
Ha, I just finished reading that this morning. Really interesting stuff! I started a thread in the ancients forum about it.
That's a pretty sweet setup! I look forward to seeing the pictures that come out of your new studio!
The so-called W 57th St. Hoard is pure marketing bull edit forum rules. There is nothing important or significant about this group of low grade,...
I can think of one that has been particularly egregious about this in the past year or two. It starts with "P" and ends with "CGS"
Well dang, that's exactly how I want to start the new year!
How do you purchase a coin like that "by accident"? I don't know anything about attributing these varieties, but I'm looking forward to finding...
Sure, it appeared on patterns before that. But 1864 was the first regular issue.
This made me cringe.
I'm going to agree and say that it is a (minor) planchet defect. It is cool, but a defect this minor is more likely to detract from the value of a...
It is usually due to contaminants in the environment. It could be from contact with whatever it was stored in, or oils left from someone's hand...
Yes, I have that book and have read it a couple of times. Very interesting stuff, along the same lines. The Larson book goes far more into detail...
I would say that your coin is definitely better than EF! It appears to be very attractive.
That is a huge counterstamp. Seems to have nearly obliterated the entire obverse! I'm not familiar with these at all. Can you post more, or...
I would grade your coin good VF, and say that you paid almost exactly what it's worth. Appears to be an attractive coin. Congrats.
I think I like the reverse of the first one the best. The patina on that medal is gorgeous! Is that a hole in the top one? Was it issued that...
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