If I have this right, on the reverse the arm pointing to the upright of the E rather than the tips of the extensions (which Ryder-10 and -15 do)...
I think the wing is artifacting from a slightly tilted die, rather than "wear." Note the surrounding letters are affected as well. Hard to tell...
Got the page to load; it took three minutes to come up. Somebody curse Comcast for me, would you?
Popcorn prepared. :)
Coin World won't load for me, so I'll have to take your word for it. Very pleased to see you get a little recognition; you've done an awful lot...
The luster is perfectly natural. On the small percentage of the fields where it hasn't been removed by something. :) Which is the other problem.
The answer to your question is not "supply and demand," it's simple demand. PCGS estimates the survival of 1909-S VDB in 65 or better to exceed...
When contemplating Zlincolns, the default opinion for any surface anomaly is to assume it's related to the plating, and then seek convincing...
VAMs are just the variety designations of Morgan Dollars - like any other die pair based varieties (as opposed to varieties only identified for...
That broken D is a feature known on certain 1878-P varieties. Your coin, as indicated by the die gouge through the B of LIBERTY, is either VAM-195...
This is numismatics. A sizable plurality of us (raises hand) are, by nature, studious and pedantic. Kinda goes with the territory; any thread at...
Heavily. However, junk silver at spot isn't bad. As long as you dump it when spot rises. :)
There's a reason why deer hunters always go out first thing in the morning - if you're in camp, it's the only time you approach sobriety. :)
Was the MM hubbed on the 1912-D, so all the mint marks were in the same position?
Yeah, that was the "straight from the horse's mouth" figures I heard Thursday at the Mint Forum.
That one's almost certainly worth the selling price, but I couldn't quite see myself going $200 for it.
The only pedigrees which appeal to me are those connected to prominent previous collectors. I'd be a proud man indeed to own a former Jack Lee...
Hey, nobody's beautiful when they first wake up. :)
Similar to what I mentioned to the OP when we discussed it prior to the purchase. It's complicated by the fact that the broken collar would have...
Plausible. :D
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