Neither my high grade 1813 nor my 1815 8R or 8R/S are slabbed. However, I have no photos handy and the Janson book [2006] incredibly has not a...
I bid on many pieces of the Lissner sale. Unfortunately I did not bid directly but used an intermediary. This proved to be a disaster as while...
A grade that nice? This piece is not particularly nice but appears somewhat porous. Either poorly controlled acid cleaning left it such or long...
1834 1/2 dime ms-65 1941 50 cents ms-67 1945 50 cents ms-66 I must confess to really not knowing much about Walkers tho.
My wife is from Panama and we go there frequently. I've even gone to the coin club meeting in Panama City and their annual show. While there I...
I'm going with Fine details myself although I'm not a copper guy. Actually I don't even collect American but the forums for world & ancients are...
It's a VF in my opinion: too little wear for just a fine. However, some of the coloring on the back looks a little iffy. I guess it isn't a rare...
I'll go with EF-40. Also I don't recall seeing that many 1864's around. Possibly a better Civil War date.
Technically nothing is unique in Seated Dollars except perhaps the no motto 1866. However, I think this is a trend due to their relatively high...
Replying to the OP; Do 21st Century Coin Collecting Methods Drive Prices Down and Hurt our Hobby? I believe that they can. I'll share my...
I attempted to post to your blog but was unable to as it always gave me verification errors. After 15" I gave up. I'll post my comment below...
A beautiful and very historic piece. Below is my companion piece, issued in the name of the Province of Cudinamarca. Cudinamarca was the largest...
I just realized that I forgot Ecuador, I've had many attempted run-ins with Ecuadorian coins; almost all of which I lost. Here's one I got....
Do you have the reference? I'd like to know what the 65 goes for. Not to worry tho I almost exclusively collect foreign. The only US I watched...
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