The "other" Frank is correct. I jumped the gun when I saw the I centered under T. I wondered about the lack of die dots under the I in AMERICA...
I wouldn't quibbile with VF-30, but it is O-103, not 107. Here's another example... [IMG]
Then they weren't overpriced. They were priced for that particular market. If, for example, I go to 7-11 and pay 2.49 for the same loaf of bread...
Lincoln wheat back Lincoln memorial Lincoln shield (Dis) Honorable mention: Illinois commemorative half None of the reverses are particularly...
I have always made it a practice to ask if a dealer can do my price offer. If not, I will ask for the best price he can do--and then take him at...
Actually, there ARE a lot of collectors who regularly spend 10K plus on individual coins. And, yes, at that level you had better have someone...
I have, but I'll leave it up to others to figure it out. Here's a better representation after I took it out of the holder (as well as the pics I...
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Just because a coin is raw doesn't mean that it won't either, but there is a strong perception in the marketplace that it does. Same thing with...
in general, coins in PCI and/or ANACS holders will sell for less money than those in NGC or PCGS holders at equal grade levels.
Don't use PSCG (unless you mis-typed PCGS). Any of PCGS, NGC, PCI (less value added) or ANACS (less value added) will suffice.
Although certain die marriages can definitely garner a premium in this particular case both coins are the same DM--LM-10 (or Valentine 4a if one...
Would I spend 125.00 per coin? No, for that matter, I wouldn't spend 12.50 per coin (not with s/h costs added). But, I'm not interested in...
By the same token, I've never bought a coin (regardless of price) sight unseen from Ebay. If you have the ability to look at a coin in hand and...
I semi-agree with you, but at least there is a strike to be graded on these. It's things like blank planchet errors that I don't understand being...
I think it might rate as an 104b...check out how heavy the die crack above S7 is rather than the length of the die crack on the right. [IMG] I...
I honestly don't like any of the three, but the first one looks to be the best of them. As for his listed price an owner is welcome to ask...
Shouldn't be hard to pick me out at a coin show. I'm the old, balding, fat, white guy.
Seems a little high...the last 5 to sell at major auction that I could find. 5779 Jul-2015 $999 MS66 PCGS Stack's/Bowers July 2015 Baltimore U.S...
It's not the design that's ugly. It's the bullion round itself. No design--no matter how attractive--can overcome the complete and total...
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