Just got here and I agree with Fred, second strike from a fake soft die. Not a genuine error.
Notice in the smashed tapered area the edge has reeding. In order to have reeding it would have had to have been in the nice round collar when it...
Yes, post full size, clear, in focus, pictures that are shot looking at the coin straight on and not at an angle.
Clear, in focus ones.
That email is not from ebay, and I'm 99.99% certain it is not from Paypal either (Paypay would not be using an .edu email address). If you want...
I use Auctionsniper, the rate per auction was cheap, there is no fee unless you win, and I just keep a small balance on file with them that I...
Yes, but the Saints book is 600 pages, the mega red is 1,500.
As far as I know there are no snipe programs that will accept an unlimited or Buy bid. You HAVE to specify a maximum bid. It shows the current...
The problem is if you have too many pages in a hardcover book you can break the spine when you open unless they really go high end on the binding...
As mentioned, coins wrapped in tissue paper and then shipped in an envelope. There are a very few 19th century original sets in cases, but those...
I ran across this thread again and wondered "What about the possibility of a low relief obv muled with a high relief rev?" So I started looking...
Same scale, different standards. Which is exactly what it was back in 1977 before ANA came out with their grading guide and adopted the abandoned...
There are TWO types of collectors who chase expensive coins like this one. Those who have deep pockets who are looking for quality, and those who...
I haven't made any of those in YEARS. Yes pressings used to be a common thing but they died out when digital photography and the internet made...
MS70 coin cleaner is also know for sometimes giving copper a blue tint.
I think the images are good enough when you blow them up to see the "rabbit" in missing in the R of LIBERTY. I don't like the style of the S...
ALL of the issues of the CDN from 1963 to 2013 are available on the Newman Numismatic Portal. https://nnp.wustl.edu/Library/Periodicals#C
It was Monday.
Something to consider on the SS Central America. Before it was discovered, the number of MS type 1 Liberty Head double eagles was maybe a dozen...
I'd grade it uncirculated. Or I could grade it about $18.
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