Don't forget to check your slabbed coins. See the green spots on this PCGS Lynchburg Commem? PVC. [IMG]
Copies allow you to imagine that you are holding the actual coin, to turn it in the light and see how the design changes, and to imagine how the...
The half disme is a bit of a set-stopper.
I hope they have it authenticated. Seller, in my opinion, is a member of a dubious cabal with numerous reports on the Coin Forgery eBAy group.
Cash Peters is their comic-piece guy. He's pretty funny. I see he talked to Jack Beymer (misspelled in transcript) about crooked dealers: Tsk,...
Mushy details, reverse looks pimply. In addition, wrong S mm.
I also believe it's a fake. The mintmark position and shape must match one of the 4 known varieties, I don't believe it does. The marks on the...
I agree, I think AU58 is the "sweet spot" for a lot of series. [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG]
My uncle's hunting lodge was burglarized repeatedly until he dosed a bottle of cheap booze with ipecac. No trouble for years after....
I just noticed this thread, and my first thought was that the "chop" was a composite of multiple strikes with a small "wiggly" tool. (and then I...
Here's Big Lib's little sister: [IMG] [IMG]
The images of the coin appear to show criss-crossing hairlines all over the fields, esp. on the reverse. I don't find it attractive.
Hope you can post those, Guy. Sorry to see you're ill.
I'd like to comment on the pictures (not the coin they represent, obviously) The color looks off, even on the corrected version, imo. This may...
The tpg's have been very tough on toned coins lately, imo because the coin doctors have become so good. Perfectly NT coins have been rejected,...
Just wear a hazmat suit, Jack! Does that stuff work on swine flu??
I like the look of your coin.... it obviously changed hands a LOT in the old West. I think this one would pair nicely with it, in terms of wear...
Where's that %&#$ popcorn emoticon??
Hi, Stefanie. I collect them as a sideline to my US type set and "mini-series'" I just have a few, here are a couple, you have probably seen...
Great thread, I tried to nominate it but was unable to do so. Looks like a system glitch of some sort.
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