I compared mint marks last night in the Gimp and didn't reach a conclusion. It has the shape of a Large S, but is quite a bit smaller.
Beats me. This coin hammered for $940 at the Houston Money Show last December.
I like it as a strong 64. Been awake since 4 and at work since 5AM, just getting home, so I'm a bit too irritable to try to VAM an 1880-S tonight. :P
So how does a "double" have a different contour than the original? I'm willing to learn, if you can explain that.
Pics or it didn't happen. Not that I don't believe you; it's just a chance to see more of your pics. :)
There is nothing I won't buy raw. There are circumstances under which I won't purchase at all, but this hobby is about knowledge. That means...
I have a very difficult time believing it toned under natural conditions, but it's still a nicer coin than the one first linked. Much better deal,...
It's most apparent with Condition Rarities like this one - which, by the way, @DysfunctionalVeteran, is a $2500+ coin in MS63 - which aren't so...
Honestly, there's not enough detail there for me to completely rule out a postmint impact. I could see a pin punch coming up with something like...
I much prefer disparaging "pricing guides" to praising them, but CDN is a consistent model with a ton of experience and is accurate to the extent...
Insufficient information in these two images to make more than a wild guess as to grade, and not at all regarding reflectivity. Yes, when images...
I see no clashing in the usual places. You_do_know clashing is to be found - at one point or another - during the lifetime of a significant...
Just like every new member here arrives needing to rebut our tendency to pun the coin.
The "Greysheet" is the Coin Dealer Newsletter, a wholesale pricing aid for coin dealers published for more than 50 years now. It is a wholesale...
Will you stop already? :P
64 and 65 both represent sizable jumps for this one. They could have dinged it for a little strike weakness (the reverse is actually kinda flat)...
Aside what looks like a flan flaw on the obverse and evidence that the coin was once glued to something on the reverse, I can't see enough detail...
I'm inclined to agree.
Why? The numbers are there, and they're plain. It's not hard to list Completed Sales for a specific date/mint and then count what you see. I've...
Surprised it went that cheap.
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