I hate to be the bearer of bad tidings, but neither member you've called out has been seen since their last post - 7 years in Mr. Morris' case.
We can only hope that's the prevailing attitude then.
1889-O seems a candidate for cleanup, and there's also VAM-10 to consider - designated "Wide Date" but no visual information exists. This may be...
It's quite possible nobody reported it; I know a lot of folks who have given up such reporting because of Ebay's inaction on previous reports. Not...
Because he doesn't care if someone else is already using the acronym.
Me? I'll have images of the coin in sufficient resolution - uploaded to Ebay along with the auction so they're dated and placed as proof - to...
I fear the coin has suffered a cleaning in the last. The areas of black toning are far too sharply defined at the edges, and don't cover enough of...
The term "dip" in numismatics has a precise meaning - the use of thiourea solution to strip the first layer of molecules off of the coin.
I lean away from VAM-2 - looks like the normal design. The shorter rays should be sufficiently doubled to see them in your original obverse pic...
Yeah, I seriously see enough to make me consider it 5FS. The 6th at the bottom is all but erased, though.
Interesting. It has the Wide Date of VAM-11, but then again so do some other 1889-O's including the 1A (should VAM-11 even exist, then?). The date...
Yeah, VAM-2. I was able to find examples with the same die crack at S OF. Kinda tough coin in higher grades.
Grade the coin, not the slab. Not that I'd sell a slabbed ACG coin. :)
5FS.
I've just spent ten years Moderating a place where this kind of social conflict isn't allowed, and the quality of the knowledge distributed hasn't...
Thank you for taking that politely; I drew the distinction more for less-informed readers than for yourself.
Dip most assuredly damages every single coin it's used on. It's acid, and works by eating the top layer of metal off the coin, permanently. It's...
This is the specific bust we've seen used in this fashion - I've seen Kennedys with it too. Judging from the reeding I'm inclined to think this...
For everything we might say about Accugrade, Alan is not a bad grader and his slabs are (with exceptions) not poorly graded, especially earlier ones.
Why do you think you're the problem?
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