Zerbe was the previous year.
True story: Last year at the ANA summer seminar, we were looking through the ANA's collection for coins for the class. One was an 1878 8TF...
Are freebies good for special issues?
Anyone can claim anything. It has no value above ground, since it is illegal to own, as you cite. It does have value on the black market, but I...
It may be silver plated. I remember throwing cents into used photographic fixer and watching the silver plate out onto them.
The weird thing about the Saints is that even though there's no spread in the next higher grade, if CAC put a gold sticker on them, you'd probably...
That's one application. For AU-BU coins, the application of being able to tilt the coin in the light and detect or assess surface imperfections...
Either is sufficient, but moving the light is easier, as it ensures every image can be precisely registered with every other image. What you're...
I would send the 64 for reconsideration and the 65 for a CAC sticker. There's close to a $1000 upside for a 64+, which isn't out of the question...
We need to see the individual coins to answer this question. Some will be worth sending to CAC, some for recosideration, some aren't worth the...
I agree with the low MS/high AU assessment. Die cracks by themselves are no big deal until they get really big and are classified as die breaks....
Hmm... this is starting to approach the realm of "I really should do this."
I've done animated GIFs with 6 different lighting positions. The files start getting big due to how all the frames have to be stored. There's...
Here's another sixpence. This one is for my Prime Number set. [ATTACH]
There is a limitation to this approach, however, in that whenever you look at a coin, you tilt it around in the light. An HDR 2D image may be the...
Looks like the same reverse die. It won't be in the Snow book for the die crack. Those are almost all repunched or misplaced dates.
Fun fact (I think): The Columbian and New Rochelle are not only the only classic commems for which proof/specimen strikes are known, they are the...
I was referring to all Libs and both Saint-Gaudens coins ($10, $20), but thanks for clarifying, anyway.
Grades aren't final until they're posted. I don't think this is a customer service issue as much as it is probably a policy not to discuss "in...
Holy crap! All but one of the FEs has XF or higher details. You did well!
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