Yeah, those are as good as fingerprints and a Godsend when they're there. :)
Among quite a few other things, yes. :)
I had reasons for not posting to that thread. Among those reasons are are a bunch of experience using wire wheels on varying metals in the sign...
Almost certainly by someone who's never used a wire wheel brush.
I don't see a chance of the surfaces being deemed "original," so it's an Impaired Proof (assuming authenticity). Can't decide if it's circulated...
Pretty representative of why China is such a great danger to the hobby. They are not governed by our laws, and do not have to care because the...
Looks like it was exposed to extreme heat.
Google "silver sulfide reduction." :)
Why is that "easy?" Not everyone here has the ability to capture and enlarge an image 400% in postprocessing. Your second set of images make it...
They're interesting, for sure, but what they aren't is scarce. You only get dies that deteriorated when you strike a bazillion coins from them,...
Well, you can have something where you"hope" it appreciates, or you could have something with a 100-year track record of liquidity. This ain't...
1916: [ATTACH] 1917 and later: [ATTACH] Images courtesy of Heritage. Once you have that difference in the robe above 19 fixed in your head,...
Each to his own, of course, and your opinion is as worthy as anyone's. The cachet of this variety, though, is that the bisecting crack apparently...
I'll go so far as to say that Doug and I have been discussing potential DB Dollar purchases off-forum for months - he's approaching this purchase...
Keeper!
The usage of the term "Buffalo" for this beast dates to the early 1600's in America, while the term "Bison" was not first applied until 150 years...
Recusing myself here. :D
I'm having a ball parsing your posts as if you were talking to yourself, because that's what it looks like to me. :) I very much appreciate the...
Definitely need to know what the album it's in actually looks like, as it's hard to believe the color isn't heavily skewed towards the Red. I...
I'm thinking that, regardless of any other indications regarding grade, they felt the marks were not consistent with zero circulation and they...
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