B-1/BB-142. There is one single example of this variety known in finer grade, Pop 1/1, and as far as I can see it's accurately graded. I'd imagine...
The stopper for me is, that old, coarse cloth was tough. The smallest fragment forced into the star recess of the die would have made a visible...
I'm still wrapping my brain around it; might be possible for the metal to have forced its' way in past what looks like rough cloth weave although...
It's 98.
Nor do I, since even though it's a direct violation of written Ebay policy, it's not enforced.
Grading coins can't be anything but subjective. You could hide (random number pulled from my head) 5 square millimeters worth of "gouge" on a...
If you're using "strength" as your spelling for "arrogance." :)
I'd be pretty much incoherent by the time we reached Denver. :) Figures. I'm committed thru the end of February on a layaway, no extra bux. You...
It's offered at about a third of retail for the grade, and frankly if I'd had the disposable income I'd have bought it on sight.
I'm on DLRC's mailing list, and this coin was in today's "Coins We Love." I've reproduced DLRC's images below. It's adjudicated "VF Details,...
Emphasis in the quote mine. You've already learned one of the most important lessons about discussing/evaluating coins in an online setting....
Good. We do not want you falling prey to the "pics or it didn't happen" penalties. :)
Those were good for the hobby by reason of helping maintain, strong, robustly-profitable dealers from whom we can buy our coins. Phew. I've...
We need to be out somewhere for a beer so I can join this conversation using the language I'd like to. :)
Yuuuuuge.
I deliberately posted them that large so the reader could look more closely at the cheek, hair and buffalo's torso, to add up the number of marks...
That sort of causation - knowing they were serving guests with thousands of dollars of value with them, regardless of their legal liability to...
It's not too restrictive in the context of "modern" coins, let's say an arbitrary 375 years old or newer, post-hammered. Whatever that date is,...
In many cases that's true.
This is getting juicy. :D
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