I just took a quick look. I'll go look again and be more careful. I knew about many of the die cracks but with the abrasive cleaning I couldn't...
First, although there is "5 C." on the reverse leading you to call it a 5 cent piece, it is correctly called a Half Dime. All silver coins of this...
LONG after I'm gone.
Maybe used in an old fuse box?
Here's a well known cud: [IMG] [IMG]
Plus it's a CENT, not a penny. And who's Cooper?
Will changing my lighting angle accomplish the same thing? I also have an axial lighting setup BUT since I moved I don't have the space for it...
I bought a 1941 set of British Proof-Like coins but my standard imaging techniques don't capture the PL surfaces. Example: [IMG] Suggestions,...
The good news is that as part of my birth year set I finally got a 1941 British Maundy Set. And all 4 coins are PCGS slabbed. The bad news is that...
Eventually I'll get them imaged but I don't consider them that special so I'm in no rush. But the Maundy coins are a nice group and less often...
Not unusual at all. In those days die alignment was often wrong and 45° was not that bad.
Thanks. I was offered an XF-40 a year or so back but $26k was (and is) WAY out of my league. I'm quite happy with this one.
I went to the Baltimore Whitman Show today. Between it and the US Mail I have in hand the following: > for my Early Commemorative Set: -- 50¢...
SGS has been around scamming people for quite a while. The first one is new to me.
Ooooo, better guess than mine. I thought it was a UFO.
I'll be there Friday, probably at 10AM. I'm normally done by noon.
Well I'm definitely not trying for all the Snow varieties. Whether I'll shoot for the ones I listed above is a TBD. Right now I'm working on...
I can think of 2 that I missed out on. The first had to be on the order of 20 years or more ago. I didn't want to spend that much at the time....
You missed one option ... coin shows. I buy low to mid-priced coins online. I buy mid-priced to expensive coins at shows. Those price levels are...
The 1870 is MS-64 RB The 1872 is MS-65 BN The color differences are a function of different camera setups, different exposure settings and...
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