I forgot I had a War Nickel Registry set. I put my 1943/2-P in and then stopped. I actually have 3 more MS-67 War Jeffs. I finished one set of...
The ultimate test would be to send it to PCGS or NGC and see what they do with it. In case you couldn't figure it out, I'm against doing...
Good one. Always feels nice to complete a set. And with one of the keys. Therefore it IS special.
Here's another of my recent acquisitions. Nothing spectacular but a great die crack from about 12 to 6 on the reverse. You have to look closely. I...
Three quick stories. 1. I wanted a $1 gold Indian Princess Head, Large Head (1856-1889) for my type set. For an 1862 at a local show (30-50...
I haven't a clue. Appears to be silver. The curved number before the "4" appears to be a "9". But there's denticles!!! To the best of my knowledge...
If you are confident in the grade AND the coin is acceptable to you, go for it. It's a good price. The greysheet has a MS-60 priced at $17.50.
IMO that's a good price IF it's graded by a major TPG. MS coins below MS-63 have a significant problem. That's how they got that grade. So you...
And as you may have noticed I've only indicated that I won't be doing this anymore. At no time did I advocate that it become a policy for all. If...
Although strike is just one smaller aspect of grading, everything else being equal the images give you a feeling of where a break point exists. In...
Like I said, I don't mind giving it a shot on raw coins. But if I want to do a show-and-tell on a slabbed coin I'll tell you what the grade is....
Although these are certainly NOT the only strike diagnostics for Walking Liberty halves, they are two of the indicators of how well the coins are...
Itunes!!!??? I can barely use my cell phone.
Nope. Sick of trying to guess grades from images. MS coins cannot be reasonably done that way. Or do you know of a major TPG that will grade...
If you have a coin graded by one of the major TPGs, you know with a high level of confidence what the grade is. There's no reasonable way I can...
In general, hard plastic is okay; soft plastic is bad. As with all generalized statements, it's not 100% true. But to be safe, follow this one....
Correct. I use OTT-LITEs. Sunlight works too.
Yep. I've got 3 of Pridmore's series The Coins of The British Commonwealth of Nations. So I knew about him. But one of them has an Ex Libris label...
Question for all: Anyone familiar with the name Lester Merkin? Question for Britain & Commonwealth collectors: Anyone familiar with the name F....
The surfaces look "flat" to me, but that could be just the lighting.
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