Maybe so; as you mentioned these manifest luster oddly sometimes. In my book, there isn't enough contrast between devices and fields on either to...
That was totally meant as a joke; frankly, if you (C-B-D) disagree with a TPG, I'm more likely to consider you right. :)
I'll echo your comment in the other 1851 thread. I disagree with that. :)
"If you disagree with me, you're wrong." :P There's a thin line between confidence and arrogance, but it's a clear line all the same. :)
Part of the problem is, much relevant data simply isn't recorded for a given VAM. It's stated that it exists, and images are either not available...
Heck, the dang book itself is getting to be the "stopper" to the collection. :)
Everything I said about the New Orleans Trime applies here. Old cleaning, two stages of toning, similar condition, I'd really like to say they...
Despite what seems to me to be a (long ago) previous cleaning - I see two stages of toning - I'll hazard the guess that this one made a righteous...
You just want me to get myself in trouble here, don't you? :P
The only real pickups we have here are the two die cracks you've illustrated, and unfortunately those are both high-stress, common areas to see...
This one is not_quite the technical equal of the last, although it's a much better example of the "failure to fill" weakness on the obverse caused...
I'm going based on the assumption that there's no perspective distortion in the images, and since they're not square to the camera I really...
If neither of those work (at worst, a q-tip in conjunction with acetone), it'll be time to sit back and contemplate if more intrusive methods are...
No, if only because on the "striking" die, the column of the I is a deep recess. The only artifact I could see it creating in a clash is vertical...
I do not agree. The direct result of agreement requires belief that most of the Condition Census examples - including all three PCGS CoinFacts...
Well, it wouldn't be much of a 66 but as a 63 it's kind of terrific. :)
Numismorans.
With all due respect, I'm not buying that wear this visible happens only within a one and one-half millimeter band precisely along the center...
The San Francisco 1976 "Business Strikes" (in quotes because they were only offered in a 3-piece Bicentennial Mint Set) were clad as well. The...
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