Unfortunately, you're completely correct (although rickmp is too :) ).
I'd appreciate the .gif in this case. It's not so much the hue variances in your stills - you learn to factor that when you look at enough of them...
No, you couldn't. :) Heavily buffed with a Dremel-size felt polishing wheel; you can see what they couldn't reach in some of the images.
No need. CAC, maybe - I don't see a chance it doesn't get a Gold bean. Any halfway-intelligent grader of the series will see what you've got there.
That might be the rip of the year, right there.
I will defer to the guy with the coin in his hand, then. Haven't we already had this conversation? :)
How many does he want? :) [ATTACH]
I can't quite talk myself into calling it 67, but it's certainly a slam dunk at 66.
The list of dealers who do Seated and Bust issues as well as he does is short indeed. I've used his website many times as a research reference.
CAC exists because the TPG's weren't doing what the high-end dealers needed them to do, grading coins with enough consistency that they could be...
If I take your word on the dash below the 8 - required for VAM-95, and I can't see it in the images - I'm still left thinking the doubling in your...
I hate to belabor the obvious, but what we can see in the center two pics is the reflection off the Mylar of the 2x2, because the surface of the...
Yeah, Bust Halves are fun. Sometimes all you get to have is an educated guess. :)
I'm thinking so. You can see similar serif irregularities with the same letters, on both your example and the OP coin.
OK, I have my heart rate back under control. :) Partly a bit of "woodie" planchet irregularity, partly the brutality of very high-resolution...
Whut?
On that same sheet of music here. I won't speak for Dave, but for me it's the character of how the reflection returns off the left side of the...
OK, I'm in. PM to follow.
Fun one. :) @Seattlite86, there ain't a chance that shield wears so much without the talon detail disappearing. Then again, there's a ton of...
I hate it when I get caught up in attributing and forget to grade it. :P
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