That one is on the block tonight. Not to worry - it's already at $28k and more than 8 hours away from live bidding. You'll be OK. :)
Looks like a rather nasty rainy day on tap for Friday. Bring umbrellas. :)
He did; you just chose not to see it, which is why I reacted to your post as a personal attack on him.
That's pretty common in VAMming, when further research proves that two VAMs are a duplicate listing. Gross features like date and MM placement can...
There are known die markers, which, depending on the level of wear, can be used to positively identify it. We'll be happy to help if we could see...
That could not have been better said by a lifelong collector offering it to you as advice. You'll be OK. :)
Or he could be a major player in the world of VAMming, and the acknowledged specialist regarding 1881-O's, whose concentration on the issue has...
That went into my Bookmarks so fast the cursor couldn't keep up. :)
This is a wonderful time for me to be jumping in with a huge consignment I have in-house. :mad:
No better testimonial than an unsolicited one. :)
Slabbing means absolutely nothing to me personally, so my only motivation to ever submit coins is purely for resale profit. With that in mind, for...
An entire breakroom full of people just stared at me, when I read that and busted out laughing.
Seems like they've got it at face value; even factoring grading that's still a pretty good profit margin. :) Ljones, at a coin show you'd be...
If we posit that you're entirely correct regarding strict technical merit - and your expertise with these is well established - it's very likely...
The vast majority of 1921 Morgans were minted using a collar of 189 reeds. For some reason a very few (relatively speaking) were struck with a...
Snerk. :) I believe I see something on this coin which will make that much easier in this case. Could be wrong, of course.
I'm not one for guesstimating based on small scans, but the 1921 hints to me that it's a Mint State coin in the 63 range. Rather nicely struck....
I'm not one for risking anything with the process of removing a staple from an old 2x2, so accepted procedure for me is a small cut at the edge of...
It's kicking my butt under the lens. Too damn much luster. :P [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Much nicer than the PCGS CoinFacts AU50, with nice color but a crater in the right obverse field that probably shouldn't have straight-graded....
Separate names with a comma.
