I'd starve to death sitting at the camera if I ever ran into something like that. :) A bag of Morgans weighed north of 60lbs. Heavy, but light...
It occurs to me I know a previous owner of that coin, perhaps the guy who sold it to you. He had it up on Coin Community a couple years ago. The...
I've seen them often enough on Mint State Morgans to think they were probably edge hits at an angle acute enough so no reeding marks were transferred.
My initial reply was uncomplimentary to PCGS and furthermore unprintable. It may be that we've lost some scratch detail on the cheek due to the...
Yeah, I had the feeling it was a "recovering" neighborhood. Like NoLibs and Fishtown here. I'd live there comfortably.
I actually rather like the milkspotted 1921's for one major reason - you can be absolutely sure they're unmolested, original-surface coins. The...
I actually didn't hang at the Harbor - been there, done that - but wandered down Charles into South to check out a bar I'd been wanting to visit....
Any idea how big a crowd they're inviting?
You might wish to know that your images contain extremely accurate GPS data of where the camera was when they were taken....
See what I mean? I'm not worried about surviving the ejection, I'm worried about surviving Paddy. :P
That's because - for whatever reason - Apple just_plain_nailed the firmware for their cameras with regard to coin photography. IPhones are good at...
A lamination is material manufactured in layers. Conder's explanation meets that definition, the only difference being the layers are not...
I have a Lincoln or two with active (split but not detached) laminations. Don't necessarily know the specific physical causes, but I've a theory...
Depending on what the IRS thinks of undeclared business income. :)
As I posted yesterday in the original thread, I've been accepted as well. We'll see how it plays out; I'm hardly expecting to drive them before...
Verifying both faces of any variety is a fundamental aspect of attribution, and an absolute requirement for many earlier issues. Is there any...
Not minted until 1966, and essentially the exact same diameter. No irregularity would have been forced into the shape; it would have filled the...
Well, if it were a foreign planchet, weight would go a long way towards helping that conclusion.... The only plausible candidate for an...
High-end VF. Beautiful honest old piece of America's history.
Darn right. After warning him. One last shot at actually getting what you bought. The miscreant's only trying to screw the government out of...
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