When I see photos like your 1st obverse and last reverse, with totally flat luster... I usually think counterfeit or the most abusive cleaning...
No $20 Libbie matte proofs at San Francisco... or Philly, for that matter. Proofs of these were brilliant. Often cameo. Always way too...
I think so. Happens all the time, especially with common date gold. Big luster can promote the thing to 65, even for baggy coins that would...
I've bought over 100 coins from them and everything was great. All were exceptional quality.
Very nice. AU sharpness. Cleaned, retoning. Minor planchet imperfection in front of Libbie's nose. Small cut under eye. Nice, balanced strike....
They've been making mintages in the hundreds of millions of decades. Somehow the hobby survived. If coin collecting didn't bail out after all...
There's a lot to like about this coin. One of the impressive things is totally full legends. Even coins with good planchets and less wear don't...
What kind of slab was it ? "name brand" PCGS or NGC ?
Do you adjust for varieties ? For instance: in Heritage price histories, sometimes they seperate a given issue into various specialized die...
Quarter eagles contain about 1/8th oz of gold. At today's prices, that's a little over $100. Sale price is $400. A 4:1 beatdown. Or you can...
For enough real money they would. ;)
;) They also accurately deduced it was a copy. I'll give 'em give high marks for that. Ya gotta wake up pretty early in the mornin' to put one...
Why reinvent the wheel ? PCGS has several market indices : http://www.pcgs.com/prices/frame.chtml?type=coinindex&filename=index Poke around in...
I'm gonna send the seller a message... "You're killin' me, dawg" :mad:
That's right. Tell ya what... I don't mess with peeps like that. I man has got to know his limitations.
This rare die variety is easy to attribute, since it doesn't look at all like any of the others. :rolling:
Hi everybody... I'm Ricky, and I'm a coin-aholic... < all together now > HI RICKY But seriously folks... Funky, it all depends on what you...
Have you seen the new book Hobo is talking about ?
You're right, Doug... I don't think one can completely grade a coin from it's picture, nor can one completely grade a coin in hand by comparing to...
That's very good advice. The first thing to know : Not all MS60s are created equal. Nor are MS65s, or G4s. Some are better than others. The...
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