All of the above. If you're into varieties, the point is to look at the whole coin, because it feels pretty cool to be the one who finds the new...
All I'm trying to do is deflect you from what appears to be the certainty that this is a world-shattering issue and one of the greater scandals of...
Ask him about the gold coin guarantee, too. Then run for the door. :)
Interesting. These are both known varieties for Shield Nickels - have a look at the Reverse of 1868 hub varieties here:...
Smudging has its' uses. :) [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
You completely missed my point. David Hall is the final arbiter of any grading disputes regarding PCGS coins - "Presidential Review." In the end,...
It could well be a scratch - looks a bit more like it in the second set of images - so have a close look for displaced metal. A die crack will...
I actually taught myself to theater-stumble because of him. Gotten some serious mileage out of that trick over the years. :D
Grader must have cut himself shaving in it. :)
For the record, reverse Proofs - with the brightest, most reflective part right in the center of the frame - are as difficult a photographic...
I can get on board with those for grades. Fair.
I couldn't stumble on 1.5 steps. :)
Well, if you'd survived this serious a bout with Zlincoln Measles, your steps would be mush too. :)
There is a terminal-stage cracked die Type Set on my (long) bucket list. :)
It's obviously the DDO recorded at Variety Vista for the date, and sure looks like a die crack to me. Might be worth striking up a conversation...
Wrong color lipstick for that pig.
Why does that matter? David Hall is the final arbiter of all grading questions and conflicts anyway. :)
Don't worry about Cascade. He's just one of those loopy Morgan variety collectors, and he wants to see the reverses so he can try to attribute...
Would have been a happier ending if he'd moved faster. A 67 is now worth not much more than a 66 would have sold for two years ago, and the "2/0"...
No, I worked until 10:30 tonight. Actually the SLQ avatar was more torturous than the new one, but you still suck. :)
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