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Interesting. I'm undecided on whether that's a vise job or a legit double strike. Out of my depth there.
PCGS (Phil Arnold) gave me two different TrueViews on this one. I never had the original shell for it, though I'm sure it must have had one at...
RIP to your friend. He sounds very much like someone I would have enjoyed talking to. Boy, I love those Soho proofs in the little metal shells-...
Trade dollar, 1877-S, raw [IMG]
China (Republic): silver yuan ("Junk dollar"), Year 23 (1934); Sun-Yat Sen and sailing junk, PCGS MS62 [ATTACH] Peace dollar, 1934, PCGS MS64...
1761 Spanish Colonial (Mexico City) Pillar Dollar (8 reales), PCGS AU50 [ATTACH] 1847 Seated dollar, ANACS VF35 [ATTACH] 1855 Type 2 gold...
That’s about what I paid for the circulated pair at the top of the thread. $20.90 apiece, to be precise. I bought the pair for $41.80 delivered....
I always wondered what was inside the punches on this one. Whatever’s going on in there looks more than random to me, somehow. Fish? Birds?...
Great assortment! Couldn’t ask for a better demonstration of the variety in these punches.
Good! Thanks. I still actually own that one. This 2,100-year-old Gem Uncirculated beauty, alas, I no longer do. But it’s in good hands with a...
Good question. Let’s ask.
Particularly the quadripartite or “mill sail” punches? That question was asked in another thread and I realized I was a bit out of my depth....
Interesting that the First Class postage rate was the same a century later. But I suppose delivery was much more efficient after the railroads-...
Here is my current type coin, which didn't cost a third of what those proofs (or at least the PR65 CAM) did, and yet it seems to get more...
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1866. Note the die crack on the obverse. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
1865. Numista-5336. First year of issue for the type. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Posting these mostly just to upload the images. Feel free to post yours if you like. Maybe later I'll post some pics of the pair of proofs I...
*** SOLD *** Asking my cost of $150. Will consider swap offers of attractive World or US coins of similar value. More info and additional photos...
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