Heh. How's that feel? :)
Ain't it nice to have been proactive on the New Hotness Variety? :)
If it's hard-enough steel wire, yes, it'll impress the die itself which then strikes a positive onto the coin.
As regular as the feature is, I almost wonder if it's an impression of struck-through wire on the die?
I'm not going past AU without better images; the reverses especially. Willing to believe there are Mint State coins in the group. The overall...
NGC would have bagged it, and with a slab this old one should have reasonable confidence in the accuracy of NGC's opinion. That makes this a...
I've the impression of a buyer who got wanderlust, and then chose to come back. You should be fine from here.
That'll cover the 1921 alone, assuming it's high AU. I'm with the guys in the $700+ range as appropriate if we assume nice AU/low MS for them. And...
I'm hoping they look like it rained acetone. :-)
The clipped Kennedy is a perfect learning tool, as clean an example of clip and Blakesley Effect as you'll see.
Somebody gives their life every year for this hobby. Often more than one; is this not the second in recent months?
You're on the happy side of things then. I can see enough tops of enough letters to be OK with AG3 for it.
It doesn't sum up any better than this.
Look at all of the coins he's offering with this "black/white" appearance. Note that they all, to one extent or another, have an area of color...
It boils down to what you consider an appropriate timeframe for "investment." If you choose to think no more than 5 years out, these "coins" might...
Um, you haven't even mentioned the date on the coin. It would be difficult for us to help with attribution if we don't even know the coin's date...
Gene's this guy who started collecting and ended up the #1 Registry Set holder in NGC's listings. Heritage just moved his collection over the last...
At this point we don't know if this is toning or PVC from the wrong kind of 2x2's or the book pages. I would not expect a normal toning process to...
If you're drinking correctly, there's little time left to chat. :)
When I was about 8 - late 1960's - I dug up an 1861 IHC out in the front yard playing Matchboxes. It started there.
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