I forgot to mention something else, and my ability to edit my post timed out before I remembered . . . Intentionally, or not, the majority of the...
AU53 AU55 or Unc Dets - Cleaned, depending on how many more hairlines are on the coin than are evident in the photos.
I've bought coins in Heritage auctions BUT, and this is very important, I have never bought a coin I did not examine in person, and am very glad...
I think you should never have asked the seller to break up the lot. As the buyer, you owe it to the seller, and to your own conscience to take...
Wow . . . nice photos.
I have long collected and dealt in cameo proofs between 1950 and 1970. I have also had differences with the grades / attributions sometimes...
PR55 VF35
Frankly, the conservation and submission for a certified grade of AU, over what is obviously an appealing XF45 raw coin, at a cost of perhaps $50...
XF45 . . . conservation would ruin a great looking coin like this. It has loads of personality as it presently sits.
Now THAT'S what I call a great banking relationship. I don't mind an institution like that charging fees for their services.
AU55
Good eye . . .
Not happy . . . If there was a broad-based movement afoot to demonstrate our collective discontent, I'd be willing to change my buying and selling...
I agree with your sentiments about this date, but suspect the grade to be 65.
I like how well they executed the breast feathers, but am disappointed at the loss of detail in the long feathers of the left wing . . . not sure...
It looks like it is, yes.
That's not me, but a stand-in for the scene I had shot for my website. It's supposed to remind collectors of the hobby we enjoy, and the solitude...
Nope . . . not even close for the TY 1.
1908 AU+, not MS, but with a neat die clash. Not rare, but unusual. 1927 Cleaned
Yeah, I bought dinner at Panera . . . I can post images sometime tomorrow, if you'd really like. Kidding aside, I think you'd really prefer to...
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