Hey Rusty, your TD has a "micro-s" mintmark, not the same as this one at all. I just looked in Breen, he lists yours as "Type-II rev, Minute S,...
I'll take a look this weekend- g'night everybody.
I believe it is an artifact of scanning. Note that the dentils look a bit faint both at 12 and 6. I have seen it many times on scanned images of...
the hairlines across the cheek and neck could be from the clear slides in the old albums, this does not necessarily lower the grade. It has...
I think harshly cleaned and retoned.
I like the reverse, that Moorish architecture looks more like Istanbul than SoCal! Nice find!
Looks at least 64 from where I sit. Nice coin!
Joe, I'm sort of the same as you.. I have been working on a type set for a while, but I keep digressing... so I settle on "short sets"within a...
If you buy it from yeoldstore, can I buy it from your? I have a couple of fake trade dollars that need marking.
Where did you hear about the fake S-VDB's, David? I'd like to know more about them. thanks.
thanks, I lost the link, I just did a search on "Breen"
I don't believe there was an 89-cc in that bag.
I reported it for the wacko listing. Why do I have the feeling that the 'winner' is going to receive an 1883-s in a WCG slab, with the seller...
I believe BG refers to the book on California fractional gold by Walter Breen and Ronald Gillio (copy for sale on ebay now for 150.00)
Nice coin, the corrosion is so evenly dispersed that I don't find it bothersome at all. Lots of 'character'.
Yeah, the description reads like it was written by someone out in lala land. Bidding is over $5400, I can only "hope" they are shills, because I...
I see a small mark near the corner of the mouth, and a couple of tiny ticks on the neck of Liberty. I think it's a 65, strike a bit better than...
Yes, I agree. Anyone who sells copies like these should mark them permanently as such, because eventually they may find their way back into the...
A seller with an old account and very limited activity until this august now has an AU 1893-s Morgan up for bid, the description is garbled and...
What really matters, of course, is if you are happy with your purchase, Steve. Currently, Numismedia Retail is about 175$ in AU53. Granted that...
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