Nicely done, Hommer. You've just made these into a searchable piece of data for future teaching about fakes. The trouble with these is, the...
Which is where I got the $300 I quoted to you earlier. I don't know this stuff, I just know where to look for it. :) We're really lucky these...
Thank you. As an 1880-O, your coin would need to grade at least MS63 to meet my personal litmus test of $150 value in the slab to justify grading....
This is an interesting one. :)
Yeah, that complicates things, too. :)
That's a pretty good start. :) Another meta factor is that the seller has zero Feedback as a seller, and none as a buyer within the last 6...
Yeah, valuing cleaned coins is even more subjective than normal grading. :)
Well, for you a $100 bill would suffice to get started, if you want to dabble. You can do this on a tripod - with a little rigging - and not need...
That's the biggest problem with such easy availability of counterfeits. Not everybody entering numismatics knows to seek out online communities...
OK. With that in mind, a single pass on a decent scanner should provide all the detail you require. It's what they're good at. Your proposed...
Honestly, with so much data regarding previous sales available for this issue, I think a pretty accurate idea of what the market would pay for...
No, I'm not feeling an argument at all. I conceded because I wasn't completely right, that's all. :)
A bellows sets the magnification level of the lens, allowing you to use the same lens at varying magnifications (akin to a "zoom"). With the goal...
OK, I'll concede that. We're still arguing semantics, because the coin presented here is not FB/FT.
Roosevelts don't get "Full Bands." They get "Full Torch," for which both horizontals and verticals must be complete according to NGC's own...
Color me unsurprised. All the TPG's are slothlike at database updates. :)
Because it's not hard to see the bottom band of the torch is incomplete, as are some of the verticals at the top. It's not FT. If it were FT,...
Without expressing opinion about corrosion, I think it just_reaches VG detail.
The site won't get into trouble. First, all CT has to do is respond appropriately to a legally-tendered request to remove an offending usage, and...
Even at MS67 it isn't worth the cost of slabbing. It's a nice coin either way - just keep the slab you have.
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