All I'll say, tommy, is that if something seems too good to be true... it probably is.
Yes, of course I agree 100%. I mean, that's just basic arithmetic. Has it been rejected by the market? It has been proposed several times in...
Is @CaptHenway in the house? I would really, really love to hear some historically based perspective on what he thinks about this. Since, you...
There are a lot of measurement scales that had good ideas, made a big impact, became super popular, and then when people thought a bit more about...
Well, it is quite clearly a fairly low quality fake. I don't own any Flowing Hair halves, but I am currently in the middle of reading Steve...
There has been a push and desire to go to a 100 point grading scale to replace Sheldon for a very long time. Sheldon's scale didn't make much...
Here is better info on the new scale: https://www.ngccoin.com/news/article/10916/introducing-ngcx/...
I don't know about all that... but I do know that Lot's wife got turned into a pillar of Salt. This is she, taken from the window of our bus as we...
Haha, nailed it. Always feels good. And that's a nice coin!
If anybody would know, it would be this guy ^ He literally wrote the book about the Red Book.
40? That seems low! If I had seen this earlier, I'd have guessed 50. The 39-O in attractive condition, at a price I'd consider reasonable......
I'm not a fan of the corrosion spot in the right obverse field, and I'm not a fan of the scratch that Treashunt mentioned on the reverse... but...
Yes, that was my first thought as well. Just an old worn out die.
Yeah, gassed coins exist. It is true. The TPG slabs are not airtight. However.... for the vast majority of collectors... TPG slabs are really...
Key here is the ASE is a different composition. The purity of silver in the ASE is much higher. Toning effects will be different. I've heard...
Yes, that is exactly what I'm saying.
No, absolutely the opposite. The toning occurs from the storage method between when the coin was made and when it is preserved. Natural toning...
Doug poses a lot. His poses may have varying lengths of usefulness. The silver is the same. The chemistry is thus the same. The big difference...
Well, ok guys. Time to wrap this one up. PCGS called it AU-58. In hand, I think that's a bit generous, and I'd agree with the 53-55 crowd. A 58...
Most high-quality counterfeits are fairly comprehensive. They'll reproduce every detail on both sides in high fidelity. Even an electrotype from a...
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