The question was about cleaning, so I was not even thinking of a possible counterfiet, there are lots of issues of the capped bust with poor strikes.
It does look like the capped bust half was cleaned, I would wonder how it was cleaned. are their lots of fine lines all running in the same...
I would have to see it in hand to know wether I am looking at a bad scratch or a die crack, It looks more like a die crack to me from the pic, I...
nice looking coin, I am going to guess that it will go for more than numismedia price, I will say 40% more, 55 bucks!
The worst story I heard was a novice who gave a coin to a dealer for submission to a tpg and the dealer submitted a lesser coin and kept the good...
Interesting article, It is written from the perspective of someone who may sustain a loss from the proposed change, I wonder how an advocate of...
I do not have any of the reeded edge busties, amazing how different yet similar the design is. for instance in the lettered edge version miss...
not bad, picking up barber dimes for close to melt, heck arent they under melt? I think that there are approx, 13 dimes to an ounce, so with...
I have dealt with a few dealers, my opinion is that most of them know that honesty pays in the long run, I have heard stories about dealers from...
I did not know that they had riddle websites, for 6 "What English word retains the same pronunciation, even after you take away four of its five...
much nicer than the 1831 I picked up at my favorite dealers the other day, I love the capped bust series, I would agree with some others that it...
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