Imagine that you have an option to get (sight unseen) an MS68 Grant Wood gold 1 oz & a 4-piece matched set of 2007 Platinum in MS70, and only...
It's gone to shipping - I'm guessing I'll have it in my hands for the Grapevine show in February. Anyone else want to put an answer in the poll?
Lacking a command of the Chinese language, I've got little to start with here. Any ideas what this could be? Picked this up in a group of...
Picked this US merchant token up the other day and it's become a head scratcher to research. 24mm (fittingly, about the size of a quarter) with...
Notice received today that it's entering processing with ANACS (I held off a few days on shipping due to the Thanksgiving break). Any other...
The die polish is so extreme it removed one of the leaf stems! Wow. Very nice piece.
Well struck, better centering than most. Au-58 seems well earned. It's right on the edge with MS, but has that lightest touch of wear on the high...
Total production of platinum is a fraction of gold every year, and platinum reserves are dwindling due to use being higher than replacement. If...
The gold was a US mint medal from 1980 slabbed in MS68. The platinum I traded it for was a US 2007 1oz, 1/2oz, 1/4oz, & 1/10oz in an NGC set slab...
Sending off to get slabbed now. Bumping to get a few more votes in the poll...
The 1900-O comes in some high value VAMs. Definitely worth checking for the O/CC variety.
The Franklin half's don't seen to get a lot of love as a series. I recently bought a nice collection in a blue book and sent the first 20 or so in...
I think these things are a low-key scam. Basically a 2/3 chance to get less value than you paid for, for 1/3 chance to get more? Might as well go...
For reference, here's an example slabbed in AU53 by PCGS:...
Got a better closeup on the mintmark & a few pictures trying to show what I think are die polish lines: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I apologize; somehow I triple posted my previous comment.
I'm not the only one to notice the ring effect being widespread on these. Others have also suggested it may have been caused by mint packaging:...
According to Google's AI (which I can find no corresponding document that it's pulling this info from): "Panama Pacific half dollars from 1915...
I overlayed another quarter of the same date and mint mark in slightly better shape and adjusted the transparency so that both mint marks can be...
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