I believe you're reading far too much into one single set of images, especially when they're not particularly large, sharp or well-lit.
Liver of Sulfur is for when you want All Of The Toning Right Now. Still sulfur oxide toning, and acetone shouldn't touch it.
O-110; the large letters and tight word spacing on the reverse are a dead giveaway. It was also used on 1828 O-118, so we might be gentle with...
OK, who has the stones to invite the seller here so we can discuss this with him? :) Makes me ashamed to have been born in Albany.
That's one PCGS appears to have fumbled rather badly.
If it's organic, or you think it's organic, keep it away from acetone (or xylene or any other similar solvent). It'll probably eventually dissolve...
OwOwOwOwOuch!
This leaves me pondering the question, "Should you allow toning on a 69 or a 70?" That's not "as struck."
He'd take one glance, be like, "NopeNopeNope," and move on to the next coin.
I think not; particularly on the B and R, the "additional" features are simply larger than the "original" features, and there's no serif...
This. It'd either have the squarish edge of a blank, or a proto-rim from the upsetting mill. Can't imagine how the last few holders got away with...
68+ is the highest I've ever seen.
There's two Philadelphia VAMs with the dash that high - 3 & 18 - and one Carson City coin, Vam-4. VAM-4's dash is doubled, and so thick it looks...
Two good reasons for you not to take me at my word. :P Ollyoccia, you're working at an experience disadvantage at the moment. Much of what you...
It's physically impossible. The rim is formed, the diameter is at or less than normal, it therefore had to be in a collar. The fact that you don't...
Collectors Corner shows two, a PCGS example and an NGC/CAC example. Only 4-5 a year seem to come up at auction; understandable why you wouldn't...
Heh. Elegant distinction, Conder. :)
It may be - not wishing to give offense - that your relative newness to the hobby may have led you to overestimate a bit on some of them. Have you...
I'm not given to schadenfreude in most cases, but exceptions may be made for cherrypicking nice varieties from such a dealer. Been lucky a time or...
I'm gonna kidnap Phil Arnold and force him to teach me how to shoot color. :P
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