I agree. I looked at your photos again. Here's a '84 CC MS66, that exhibits the same weakness above the ear as yours. I bought this for the...
You can easily see the hairlines on the reverse of the coin in your picture. The coin has definitely been wiped.
I've actually told some cashiers to "enter the amount I gave you into the cash register". Then the light bulb turns on when the register figures...
The hairlines are on both sides of the coin. Parallel fine lines. In the pictures the run from left to right.
Look at the hair on "O" mints right above the ear. It's usually "smoother" than the other mints. There was a belief that for a while New Orleans...
GF, nice CC! Now that you've scratched that itch, take some time to find other beauties that are out there.... What I really like about the...
As a dealer, I like to be approached by people with huge wads of cash and willing to spend it!!! I couldn't resist, sorry.
I think it's a lot like choosing Art. Do you like landscapes, stills, cubism, renaissance, realism, impressionism, portraits, moderns, etc... I...
But, but I like silver!
I have Bust Half Fever and the fifth edition of the United States Early Half Dollar Die Varities books. I plan to get into CBH's but learning the...
I love it for it's detail and simplicity. IMO, it honors Canada well.
I think that's a wise choice. Just because it has hairlines doesn't mean you can't enjoy the coin.
Happy to help. I really love Morgans and Peace Dollars. I've always preferred silver to gold (I do like pre-33 gold). Morgans are a great...
Because of the massive melts, it's tough to say what actually remains. I think you can look at the price guides and judge the common from the...
What was the mystery? Was there a mistake in the book? I have 2013's with no security feature. Not sure how I feel about the new laser...
Just a couple corrections in your numbers. There were ~657 million Morgans minted. In 1918, the Pittman act was responsible for melting over 270...
I like that coin design as well. I haven't seen it in the U.S.. My sister bought me a beer stein from Germany that has a colored piece of the...
Cool design. I went and bought a 2 oz. directly from Scottsdale Mint. I added 1 Maple Leaf and one ASE to make the shipping cost a little less...
Just checked it out. No, I don't like it. The other one was more user friendly. When you click on anything, you don't know if it "took"....
Wow. Those are bad. I order one silver proof set a year. I hope that set doesn't have this "new and improved" frost treatment.
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