A diffuser may help, but you may also experiment with the angle of your lights. With your setup, I'm not sure how much control you have over the...
The winter show has about 1000 dealers, I think the summer show is much smaller at only 350. But yes, they still have a major auction, seminars,...
They had closed membership to non-dealers for several years and were not accepting new members. Are they open to new members again? And, I'd...
I have also observed that NGC has gotten stricter over the past few years on PL (across all series, not just Morgans). The fact that PCGS just...
Thanks, y'all!
Bagne's collection of Prooflike Commemoratives was vast and impressive. He had numerous duplicates in many grades of almost all issues known in PL...
It really depends on what you are looking for. If you are looking for strike designations (FS, FT, etc), PCGS is practically worthless and you...
Oh, I know that I paid *way* too much for this coin. But I'm ok with that.
The Texas commem is significantly more popular than the Cincinnati I posted earlier. This half dollar was minted in celebration of the centennial...
Congrats on finishing the set! Do you have it on a Registry or have a gallery somewhere so we can see the whole thing?
Size and weight are definitely the most reliable. Generally, the bigger denominations will have more design features - a beaded border,...
Is anyone considering going to the July FUN show? I don't usually, but I'm thinking about it this year.
@Publius2 , that '95 half is one of my dream coins. Very nice!
In common grades like 65-66, these coins are not really worth much. You'd need to be pretty convinced that the coin would get 68 or higher to...
First, there is a difference between NGC and PCGS. The PCGS "FS" designation only means 5FS, NGC differentiates between 5FS and the more difficult...
Yes, I think it is clearly PL. In the Heritage sale of the Bagne collection, they described this coin as "Strongly reflective with a touch of...
This is a classic case of die deterioration doubling. It is *extremely* common on 1999 nickels. See more here:...
I think the second coin suffers from poor pictures, and is probably more attractive in hand. The strike weakness nearly obliterating the central...
This appears to be "Longacre Doubling." It has the appearance of doubling, but it isn't real hub doubling. It occured when the letter was punched...
Yup, that's a DDR. A pretty good one, too. Doubled dies on foreign coins aren't widely collected and don't get much of a premium, with a few...
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