...and this one ain't NGC. :) Newbie2015, NCG is what we refer to as a "basement slabber," a small-time operation whose intent is almost always...
Have a second read. That's not "damage" at the ear....
You think maybe the obverse die got improperly basined, with a flat spot, while they were trying to save it? I'd think a pressure-related weak...
On the bright side, it makes me feel better about my own pedantic streak to see it exceeded by another. :D
I don't get the summons from a poster I have on Ignore. The bottom image hints strongly at a clamshell separation, but I'm struck as much by the...
The "hit" at the ear is flatness of strike, more common on New Orleans issues but not unknown from the other mints. Don't know about the one on...
Agreed; Heritage didn't present the PCGS coin in its' best light, I think, as well. Part of it may also be a little extra motivation on the part...
Quite agreed. So, part of my thinking when contemplating numismatics as "investment" is the reality that you may not get to decide when you have...
My thinking is the "high-but-not-top" examples, MS67's when 68 is Top Pop, things like that where the value is not so inflated that you can only...
That Birch Cent hammered at $564k just last year at winter FUN. Somebody tried a flip (you don't hold a coin like this for only 18 months if...
That was diabolical of you, because of course I had to count one. :P 18 actual steps, not counting the top level upon which the columns rest and...
It would be nice if Ebay enforced that rule; this is something we agree on totally. They don't.
The term "dip" is most commonly understood to describe using a chemical stripping agent, most normally thiourea-based, to remove the first few...
Why, exactly, is that legally actionable? If you're this convinced on the subject - despite the fact that every other participant in the thread...
Still isn't. :) Look again at Collecting Nut's images. The "second" 4 is clearly offset to the left.
There isn't even a consensus- much less anything remotely carrying the force of a regulation - regarding the defintion of "natural" toning. It's...
Yes, please. :) Even 41B is interesting, about the most brutalized die you'll see on a Morgan Dollar, they're just pretty common.
Does it have the polishing lines? They're not visible in your images, although under certain lighting that's understandable. 41A would be a whole...
This was the decade of what might be the Mint's finest-ever Proof production. They turned out products of staggering quality in the 1890's,...
Depending on the quantity involved, I either let it evaporate outdoors or burn it.
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