Here's a bit about Henry Rice: http://www.shapell.org/manuscript/civil-war-sutler-coin-of-jewish-sutler
That's "PCGS MS63/CAC plus a nice dinner to celebrate afterward" money. Even if we stipulate that the coin you present is Mint State - not at all...
Outstanding, and worthy of the grade. What a lucky survivor.
I discounted those immediately as "as struck" (or as not struck, more accurately :) ) planchet striations.
Some of the RPM's known are pretty subtle and difficult to see, much less image. Your first detail pic shows an anomaly - and what looks like an...
The glass is half empty, or half full, and only your viewpoint differs. Me, I'm a pragmatist and see only that I need to drain it and get a...
It always boils down to this, doesn't it? :)
Agreed. Makes the coin more like a commemorative medal than an official issue. I could see myself owning one of these.
That was far too subtle for this circumstance, I think. :)
This is one very_good_way to sway the math in your favor as a seller of low-value coins. Another way to do so is to envision your time as an...
At least the Royal Mint produces designs to a standard which could be described as "numismatic."
The late Dr. Jerry Buss, former owner of the Lakers, was an absolute nut about coins and few ever knew. He owned an 1804 Dollar and a 1913 Liberty...
Well, I've never been to Denver but at the Philly Mint they wall you away from all the fun, 2 stories up. There is value in getting onto the shop...
Nothing I could sell you on, short of a $2000 Printing-Nikkor 105mm, will exceed the capabilities of that combination. It's good enough, in fact,...
I don't disagree with the grade, because darn near anything is possible with these in terms of strike and apparent wear. Outstanding coin. Only...
Live View is part and parcel of remote shooting; the mirror stays locked up during the entire process. That makes a dSLR configured in such...
So how did they explain a "partial" chargeback? And by accepting the chargeback, you admitted personal liability for something wrong....
I have the impression of a *slightly* tilted die making the strike a bit weak in that area - check the corresponding area on the obverse, at...
It's a fake. They didn't make mint marks that year.
Hadn't thought about that part. :) Keep in mind, with frosty pieces like this, the "black" marks are greatly exaggerated in importance by digital...
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