Maybe I'm wrong - as I mentioned, Ikes are out of my competence - but I'm seeing a bunch of evidence of a very old die in these images. Old enough...
VAM-12A isn't really "uncommon;" it's available into mid Mint State grade and PCGS shows over 100 in AU alone. The selling price was probably at...
Despite the fact that a 1922-S Peace is worth more than a 1921-P Morgan in similar grade. :) Point being, my previous opinion was predicated on...
You know the funniest thing? The seller also has a Barber Dime with a major lamination listed, which he doesn't realize is a lamination....
ROFL.
You never mentioned that the auction included two coins, not one....
Yes. :P
This last set of images has me thinking more in the "good EF" range for the coin.
Yep. Peter gets a ton of traffic, Dan Carr gets a ton of publicity, and the only losers are the naysayers who - being a relative minority - won't...
Caveat: What I know about grading Ikes fits into a thimble. It was difficult for me to consider this coin Mint State at first. With other issues,...
A thing to consider: You are talking about acquiring common Morgans in circulated condition. These are coins which offer very little "collector"...
Having recently forgotten that Carson City Morgans carry an intrinsic premium, I'm hardly one to nag about it. :)
There's a sizable plurality of buyers out there who don't realize the difference between an 1878 and a 1921 Morgan....
Completely agreed, which is why I never stop pushing the need to educate and be educated.
I'd rather see the link spread so broadly that nobody knows where it originated. :)
Well, part of the appeal of that 10-digit PCI slab is the accuracy of the grading (by the conservative standards of the day). My default judgement...
That's an understatement. :)
That's all you need for attribution. Browse the rest of the site, too, when you're feeling like you don't know enough about Early Dollars. :)
That's the generation of PCI slab to look for. XF40 looks pretty stingy for this one (EAC aside).
This is a good one to add to your generalized list of, "Oh, if it looks like this the Mint can't have done it." :) You'll see a lot of coins...
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