Yeah, that'd be enough to make me reach for my checkbook. And then start crying. :P
Do we have an idea how many working dies an average working hub could create? That would be a good clue as to how many hubs a master die could...
It's so FSB you might call it....chiseled.... Um, yeehah. :cool:
And foul hooks.
I looked long and hard at that particular coin when it was offered for sale, and only the contents (or lack thereof) of my wallet prevented me...
And keep in mind, VAMs are typically describing single die pairs. The cracks, where they match - your example may have more or less of those...
I sometimes send sellers like this a snide message offering them all the examples they can flip for $100 each, making the point that I can buy...
This place is kind of like fishing from a dock on the ocean. Plenty of fish, but you're going to be fighting the seagulls for every one of them. :)
Keep on looking - you'll find that is no longer true. There are effective water-based, direct-to-metal paints available and if you use a separate...
I have it as 1919. The nature of the last digit is clear, and there isn't enough space between the two 9's for anything but a 1, I don't think. I...
Acetone cannot affect toning, the inorganic chemical tarnishing process of coin metal. It's that simple. The science is clear. What it can do,...
Naw, close but not quite the die state you want. :)
Close, but not quite. :P
All the more ironic because he lived and worked there as a young man.
I'm gonna stay out of this. :P
I'm thinking 63+, probably 62+ if it were in a current slab. Color is outstanding.
It bears mentioning that there's no guarantee I'm correct. It may well be a genuine MS63 coin. However, it_does present symptoms which could be...
Yes, it's VAM-3o (the "o" is normally shown lower-case in this instance, to differentiate it from "thirty"). Another pickup is above the wreath...
PCGS Pops show 130 in MS64 and 1555 in MS64FB. No doubt some of those are attempted crossovers, but there are over 1000 in 65FB and that's still...
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