So these dies were_not used for Business Strikes afterward, correct?
I know, right? "Hmm. Let's see just how freaking close I can get on this puppy...." :)
Oh, I quite intend to try it. :) I don't know you, obviously, but I've known Thad for years and his endorsement of your method is good enough...
I wonder when was the last time one of these surfaced raw?
Handling protocols be damned. I'd touch that puppy with all ten fingers. Heck, I might flip it. How often do you get the chance to go heads/tails...
No, we already have a proven solution developed by a chemist and tested over many years. Why do it from scratch?
I'll concede the possibility. Wouldn't we have seen this before, if that were true? And where did the color come from? If it's an artifact of...
My thinking is more applicable to auction-style sales than fixed-price purchasing, but the Greysheet is no kind of bargaining tool compared to...
I don't really see any effect on numismatics in the long term. The upper end of the market will thrive, because those who buy there will be...
There is that, and it's a strong argument against a premium for any toner at all.
I use existing records of actual sales to decide pricing, because the people who determine the price I pay are the ones who would be buying the...
The British Pound might want to have a word with you on that. :) They'll be fine, though; we've just done something which ought to weaken the...
Many potential reasons. Start with the knowledge that during WW2 (starting in 1941), Dimes were minted in quantities which dwarfed any previous US...
One could accurately characterize this whole transaction as "impressive." Well-bought, sir. :) Almost certainly not, at this grade. In AU,...
That's downright disturbing, to tell you the truth. Cascade posted while I was contemplating how to say this, and said the exact same thing I was...
There are a couple of things making me think it's a foreign object trapped inside the container. First, it's a different color than the coin...
Where you won't see it is in the discussions of the variety collectors of Morgan Dollars. 7/8TF's are identified by variety, and O/S coins by...
I notice Mr. Neff completely ignored the anomaly at the rim above TRUST and the opposite spot on the reverse, as well as the flattening at both...
Did you post the coin here? Edit, I found it.
I don't see much of any chance of it getting straight-graded, not with that "toning" pattern. Toning doesn't do "sharp edges on the cheek" like...
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