I see much the same, although between us we're just anecdotal evidence and the plural of anecdote is not "data." :) On the other hand, there are...
Color aside - random photographs shouldn't be trusted for color conclusions - there are a number of red flags which prompt me to warn against the...
The enclosure at Baltimore didn't lend itself to image sharpness, thick plastic in a brightly-lit room. I didn't even bother trying a pic. It...
This all adds up to a pretty good reason to use the Sheldon Scale, however flawed it may be. :)
I think that one's a little on the unfairly-graded side as well.
Thank you for the clarification; if I'm going to try to make people use the terminology precisely, I might as well use it that way myself. :)
Three Blind Mice, in this case.
Then we wouldn't pay as many dollars over cost per unit. Margin dollars are more important than margin percentage.
I would counsel patience. Ken, in particular, is a very committed and responsive person on the subject of coin errors, and if he hasn't responded...
If it'll tone copper, I'm in. :P
I've always wondered what happened to the holdings of folks downwind from the recent Icelandic eruptions. Some of the (highly sulfuric) ash ended...
Only if you don't live among them.
Which proves that even back then they didn't agree on terms. :) I thought "Brilliant Uncirculated" to mean 63-ish, and "Choice Uncirculated" to...
Doubtful the surfaces are original, as well.
Rather than "opinion," let's compare it to the real deal: [ATTACH] (image by Jason Cuvelier, and from error-ref.com) On your coin, the AM shows...
/facepalm
Then we get to have another thread full of rants. :)
Well, for my part I could have worded that better. I gotta learn to be more careful around here.
The Mint illustrations show what looks like a failed attempt to create the bands - they're there, but faint. And full bands would actually help...
You folks would show your intelligence far better if you'd argue the point and not the semantics. Kentucky, I expect better from you than this. :(
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