It's true that I learned the die markers of matte proof 09 VDBs because of this thread...
Last word from Larry Pelf was that he sent it to PCGS for review.
A slew of silver Roosevelts: [ATTACH]
The collection had 62 raw coins. He kept the slabbed ones. I picked the best 20 to post here. There was a 1839-O in there but it's been scratched...
Great commem, but I think its a cast counterfeit.
The 29 is actually a 1829/7!
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A friend of mine recently sold me his bust half collection. As expected, most were problem coins, but there were 20 that I picked out that struck...
My first Eliasberg: [ATTACH]
Not quite. See above.
1928 Large S variety. VF20. Worth about $8.
Sounds like you've made up your mind that you're keeping them. Hope you make lots of money. You've earned it, after all.
I had this happen to me once. Big time seller sent me 2 rare currency notes instead of my certified Lincoln's. The company had switched my order...
I once won a 1921 Morgan for 99 cents bin. Free shipping. I think the seller meant to post it at auction, so I expected him to cancel the...
Now this is something I don't know the answer to. I'd be curious to know this as well.
I have experience on this matter, but very limited. I have owned 2 circulated proof coins from the 1800's. One was PR58 and the other was PR53....
Could be the lighting, but it looks counterfeit to me. The stars and dentils look irregular.
Looks genuine. But I've seen a lot of impaired proofs misrepresented as business strikes. Be careful.
The 2nd 2 in the date should be stronger than the 1st one, so that makes this the weak D variety. Still a nice coin with lovely originality.
So did he say something to you about it? Or did you just notice it in the case with "1928" written on the holder?
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