Thanks all. I do appreciate your kind words. It is always a learning experience when the grades come in! I have another group there, but even...
If you are fairly confident with your grading knowledge, you could offer the pricing appropriate for the correct grade. If you get into a question...
Bud, it is a vein ! Poor guy, jaundice and all:D. Jim
Her is the 09 Matte PF. I think they graded it 58 more for the "grime"/ toning in the letters than much else. But that is OK, at least it was real...
Hi All, I received some coins back from PCGS today. These 4 were interesting results. Here is a 1972/72 DDO Die #1. I really thought this...
An Overton description of a bust half is similar to a VAM in Morgan/Peace dollars. Each coin has one. It is the combination ( marriage) of the...
Hmm, put me into the AT group from the photo. The part that bothers me is the circular clear area on the lapel. Usually NT doesn't have smooth...
Hey, sometimes the same person starts 2 or 3 similar threads and I end up having to scroll through all to see if I have responded already. I get...
Hi, Welcome to CT if I haven't done so already. The doubling on the letters appear to be machine doubling, with a little die deterioration at the...
It usually turns out to be more expensive than thought once you add the registered mail to and from the service. With a larger number submitted,...
The blue ones are Whitman as described above. The newer ones, such as you show are better than the older ones as to the type of glue and paper....
Hi, It is a magician coin ( also other names) where 2 coins are combined. Often done on a lathe as a precision test. They are fun as a...
Interestingly, the 2009-D is very common in business tills here 12 miles north of Mexico border. I managed to get a box from the bank although...
This would be like trying to remove "carbon spots" from copper, no known way ( to me ) to do it without affecting the non affected areas. Acetone...
Now if our Chinese "friends" made copies of Bolen's copy, would they have to label it a "copy" as it isn't of the original, just of Bolen's copy...
The D/D refers to a repunched mintmark( RPM). For instance in the Lincoln series, up to and including 1989, the mint marks ( D for Denver, S for...
PD13, Krause is the world coin catalog and has identification numbers for reference. This one is reference under Japan as C7. Jim
If you want to make some practice coins, take some common pocket change, put a few drops of cooking oil on and rub into the crevice very well, add...
Looks like VAM 3, best I can see the blowups. Check here, it is easier to tell with a loupe and the actual coin. It also has the other 1882 O/S...
Do you have a photo of the corrosion? Is it greyish white, greenish, or reddish? Since the coin is 75% copper and also nickel is very corrosion...
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