Newman got some major grade breaks on his stuff when he went to liquidate. NGC clearly market-graded it. I can't tell you the number of circulated...
Part of Mike's point is, he doesn't have an account with them and there's no way for them to already have his address. Unless some dealer who...
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Not to mention "effective" aperture changes with increased magnification as well, pushing you closer to DLA. Effective Aperture is Aperture * (1 +...
Actually, they're not even *close* to that....people can and do artificially tone coins in TPG slabs.
Ain't a chance it's real. The diameter indicates it's a Half Eagle, and those were all plain overdates of 1802.
Actually, they *kind of* did, except Schedule C is for expenses and if I'm reading it right, the two numbers should have offset each other, not...
"First, you get a stick long enough to lever the Earth off its' axis...."
OK, I'm a completely clueless rookie with no awareness of numismatic concepts at all. Could you, in your wisdom, tell me how I can reliably find...
Other countries don't have 20% of the entire population of the Earth in one place. They are already changing the landscape of art collecting...
Adding a mint mark to an existing, real 1909 VDB is one of the more popular ways to "create" an S/VDB. They're so numerous as to be considered...
See? Even roadkill has value, if you're a forensic veterinarian. :)
When I first posted here, only two images were available and I thought I saw what looked like a faint "S" way too far to the left - half of it was...
A little creative poking at the Heritage Archive tends to indicate this is true.
It's not inconceivable that the polishing process - if that's what we're looking at - deposited the color on the coin.
I am *so* stealing this. :) I'd dearly love to get this coin in-hand under some significant magnification, that's for sure.
Truth. That said, the Chinese are just plain so numerous that, once their society becomes a little more integrated with that of the rest of the...
Yeah, we can disagree here without jeopardizing the friendship. :) I am violently opposed to Ground Zero coins. That said, the market for them...
Damaged, IMO. As reactive as zinc is, I'm thinking lacquer-coating (shellac-based lacquer, not acrylic) coins ought to make a comeback. :) Bob,...
I would lean toward leaving the patina alone, rather than exposing fresh metal for the oxidation process to begin upon again. Especially with...
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