17 berries. There's no value difference between 16 and 17. The 17 berry reverse is not as common, but there were still north of 10 million made....
Yeah, now that I can look at a large picture, it's definitely VAM 80. 7TF, B1 (long nock) reverse. This one also can come with weakness on the...
He is wrong about die cracks indicating a counterfeit coin.
The tail feathers on VAM 42 look exactly like this. You can see the extra tail feather tips at the bottom of the middle 3 tail feathers,...
Jumping in late. Thanks for the tag @Mainebill and @cpm9ball . The reverse weakness by the eagle's left foot is typical of the VAM 42 reverse,...
Might just be a spot on the coin by the mint mark.
65FBL. Nice luster, attractive. Minor ticks on the face and coat, but the fields are quite clean. The slightly heavier reed marks on the bell...
Nice, wholesome look to it!
Here's a copy and paste of something I wrote on the subject of R-numbers a couple days ago on the VAMWorld discussion board It is a cool...
This was also in a time when the weight of the coin determined the value. If a coin was light from excessive wear, it might be rejected or...
As far as I know, no British gold has ever contained a denomination. Edit: And as soon as I clicked "Post reply" I thought of the commonwealth...
I imagine the deployment of the steam press is seen as by some as the same sort of Dark Time as when they put lights on Wrigley Field or...
I agree with the AU53 grade on the 1827 for the same reason. I imagine that the associate membership has you sitting in the rusty metal folding...
Good to hear. Of course, he'll just stick someone else with it, but at least it's not you, and your learning experience didn't cost you any...
The M means million, you know. ;)
I'm only in the low 20s.
I keep these links and others on my website. They're mostly for me, but I hope that anyone else who stumbles across the list find the links useful.
Do people find the pictures at NGC VarietyPlus or the Byron Reed Capped Bust Dime collection valuable? The biggest things I see that are missing...
Not yet. They have a pretty big velvet rope to cross. Currently working on just a date set of the Capped Bust type. We'll see where it takes me...
Should have used a better primer.
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