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...
Hmm. I've seen them quite extensively on this particular series, but not on other coins. Have you seen them on other 50 cent pieces (which would...
VF details vs AU details? Sounds like one or the other dropped the ball on that one.
I forgot about the scene in the Sting. Much of the movie was based on real-life cons & paid homage to actual events, so I would say that the...
That's a lovely example. If mine comes back AU-55 details, I'll be very happy! (I paid ~EF details price). I'm still hopeful those are marks on...
Full disclosure, I work about a show a month as an ANACS convention representative. So, I know a bit about some people favoring each service for...
You're not considering ANACS? I mean, there's no annual fee. You could just budget the amount of the NGC/PCGS membership fee towards grading and...
I enabled 2 votes for the poll, so it is possible to assign a numeric grade & also vote for details/cleaned. I think folks may be keying into...
Thanks. I didn't even realize there were 2 such varieties.
I recently picked up something that's been on my wishlist for a while. I may have done better than I expected to find for the price. What do you...
I was thinking this might appeal to the lowball market. Am I imagining the O mintmark, or does anyone else see what I see?
I recently picked up a low grade type set. Was wondering if this might be the 1853 (with rays) quarter from New Orleans. And, if so, is this a...
I picked up another last month. TC-44118. Is there a catalog devoted to Brothel shellcards & advertising tokens? Here's the story of the...
Ah - the forums are back! Was it something I said or did that crashed them for 2 weeks?
Maybe. The wreath looks very flat at around 7:00. Possibly a struck through grease error. When you have it in hand, I'd love to see a closeup photo.
Just sent mine in for slabbing, but I think it's likely to come back in VF to EF grade. I'll share when it does. Did these actually circulate as...
"Airtight" tube's aren't. Here's how several different types of plastic look at the microscopic level (image is from a quick Google search): [ATTACH]
I'm not so sure about that. The 1 on mine doesnt appear to be tripled, and the VAM-30 lacks doubling on the lower right of the first 8. Also,...
Do any of y'all collect coins with a series of die cracks? That is, the same coin, from the same die pairing, that shows how the die cracks spread...
There are certainly some that were made in limited numbers and then mostly melted (ie; HK 1031, of which 6 of the "original 5 struck" survive......
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