Thanks for the input. I'll try to take better photos and post them. Some of you have guessed the NGC grade (and my grade too). I'm gonna wait...
Thanks, guys. Just to clarify, they did not write a special article about me. The Numismatist features a different ANA member each month in...
Not many (if any).
I don't collect Morgans but I bought this one last week. Long story short: When I was in Georgia over the holidays I did a little job for a friend...
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I agree. Former encased coin.
Wait, wait, wait!! Don't take my word for it. I would wait for other opinions before spending it.
I would LOVE to have an allegorical figure of Liberty on our coins rather than the dead Presidents we now have. But I don't think we will see it...
The corresponding area on the obverse die is Roosevelt's neck. This area is raised on the coin and incuse on the die. So that area of the obverse...
:loud: Please form a line for autographs. I don't want to see a riot. :loud:
I would pass.
I had the same thought but now I don't think so. But I'm not sure.
I'm sure you said that in jest but many people confuse the words 'bear' and 'bare'. 'Bear' and 'bare' are homonymns (words that are pronounced the...
Be VERY careful when you see an eBay auction for coins that use the term 'Estate'.
Welcome. I've been a member since 1986.
I am taking a course at this year's ANA Summer Seminar called "Detecting Counterfeit World Paper Money" (by Joe Boling). After the course I might...
A dead giveaway is when you have a well-circulated coin with gold plating on top of the wear. Also, a gold-plated nickel dated later than 1883 is...
As I said, it looks like an interesting coin. What is its history?
How do they define "set"? Is it a "complete set", i.e., 100 Business Strike coins ($25 face value)? Or is it one of each state, i.e., 50 Business...
I finally picked up my copy of CPG and read the description. They call it a DDO and say "The doubling is evident as a Small Date Over Large Date."...
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