You really can't blame the TSA for missing laptops and ipads. Small valuable items were disappearing from checked baggage long before they got...
If he is going to include the ASE he should also include the gold and platinum eagles along with their fractions.
Can't tell. Could be a scratch, could be a slight die gouge. The way it is reacting to the lighting it looks like it could be a raised feature.
10 inch or 14 inch double row boxes? If you jam them in there you can get 200 coins in a 14 inch double row box. So 10 14 inch boxes all jammed...
Now, now, he said it couldn't happen, so they aren't "stolen", they are just "missing". :)
If both the PCGS and SEGS coins were the same price, from the images I would much rather have the SEGS coin. Considering the SEGS coin is less...
The crack is just that a die crack. The die is possibly chipping a bit at the edge of the crack causing the lump. The line is what most of us...
The coin does have die chipping in LIBERTY but everything else is damage.
One thing about 19lyds write up, the planchets are NOT hot when they are struck and are not really more vulnerable to dings right after striking...
Blow up the image and you will see that they are just dots that are disconnected from the rim. You don't see that on real coins, the denticals...
OK for starters I do see the hair curl that tells me it is type 2 hair so it is 1798 or later. Next one of my favorite things to look at it is...
Thanks for bringing this thread back up. It allowed me to add images of two more dies to my attribution guide. I now have images of all six obv...
If they are off in the same direction AND part of the design is off the edge of the coin (missing) THEN it is an offcenter. Although it is...
It's a counterfeit. Check out the denticals at 3:00 on the reverse.
ANACS has graded problem coins for ages. Years ago they used to give them a details grade and a net grade that took the problems into account....
Until it leaves the country. Then it is at the mercy and regulations of the local countries postal services which may not always be trustworthy....
Sorry I'm not much of a conversationalist and I process a LOT of forum threads on different websites each day. Someone asks a question, I answer...
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It shows up in numismatic literature auctions frequently and it is not expensive because it is recent. Oh sorry you meant is it available for a...
The 1803 is a large fraction reverse that narrows it down to 257, 258, 259, 260, 261, and 265. The gap between the ends of the wreath is below the...
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