I've matched up the photos above with the close-up shots in Burdette's SAINTS book: #1......MS66 #2......MS64 #3......MS64 #4........
I haven't seen Heritage-quality photos of the Weitzman coin nor the L10. It does appear from the pics above that the fields on the L10 are pretty...
A book like FMTM is definitely not something a newbie or beginner should start off with -- difficult concepts, and a difficult read, too. I think...
Here are the Langbord 10. Details on the strike and appearance of each coin is discussed at length in Roger Burdette's SAINT GAUDENS DE book:...
I hope enough people comment in the journals and coin periodicals such that PCGS is forced to defend their grade. It's one coin, maybe it will...
No argument with any of your choices, Pub, I like 'em all and have some of them. Here are my 3 choices: (1) SAINT GAUDENS DOUBLE EAGLES by...
Excellent points....you wonder if the rest of the 1933 Saints were out there if this coin would rate MS65. In PCGS' defense....if those marks on...
MS-63.
Most of the patterns for the Saints and Indian Heads stayed with higher-ups at the Philly Mint like Charles Barberg.
Huh....you're saying that all those were created for a few dealers ? I'm only familiar with the 1913 Liberty Nickels and I thought they were a...
Buy 'em both ! :D
Or The Avengers....:D
I hear they were planning to invade Egypt 5 or 6 years later and this Korean thing happened.....:D Imagine the frustration.... "Damn, we're...
They tried to get the coin back....but he was an ally in this little thing called World War II..... and they decided to prioritize defeating this...
Great story, Sal.......:D I was given Mint Sets and coin rolls in the 1970's for birthday and Christmas presents. When I overpaid one year's...
Yes, and that's the mentality I was trying to show existed in my posts....there was a STRONG hatred of guys like Switt and even a dislike for...
If anybody is into Indian Head Eagles, this catalog may be of interest:...
Yup, and remember.....this license wasn't known until Fenton's lawyer (Burke, who also represented the Langbord's later on) uncovered the Treasury...
How about....they're idiots ? :D They should have just placed the seized coins in museums or added them to the Smithsonian Collection. Instead,...
CPLradar, we are just going to have to agree to disagree.:D I enjoyed the back-and-forth: hard fought, but civil and respectful. I want to...
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