Larry, is that the one you showed me at FUN a couple of years ago? Did you ever resubmit it? What did it come back as?
Conder, and others, have given you some great answers. While you say the flippant answer "coins" is unsatisfactory... the truth of it is, you are...
The token-formerly-known-as-a-quarter will end up in a bodybag. I've never seen an engraved piece like that in a slab, and the hole really hurts...
The surfaces and color are clearly not original, but I'm sure you know that already. The coin has retoned to the point where it is beginning to be...
I have a definite opinion about which I would choose - but I know my collecting preferences. The decision would have to be up to you. Which coin...
I don't know what it grades. Between the really dark toning and the *giant* fingerprint that covers most of the obverse, this one would be a...
Hmmm... it may look different in hand, but this one really screams "AU-58" in the pictures.
Why not? Many of my purchases are from Ebay, HA, Stacks, DLRC, CRO, TT, etc... in the modern world, the savvy collector uses all the tools at...
Well you see, what happened was this.... an enterprising mint technician realized he could make a lot of money if he fabricated some "errors." So,...
While I'm not going to say it in as many words, the colors on this coin are... unusual.
The 49D posted by Jupiter is either AU-58 or MS-64. The long scratch in his hair precludes any higher grade. The fingerprints on the reverse are...
The 42D in the OP is an attractive coin. I'd probably grade it 64, based on the marks on the cheek, and the spotting on the reverse. I don't think...
Yes, it appears to be. Even though it appears to be a fairly significant amount of doubling, its probably not worth a premium. The coin is...
Because the mintmark on coins of this era was punched by hand, there could be a wide variety of locations that it could be punched. This is higher...
While "FS" is certainly an abbreviation for "full strike," I don't think this has widespread acceptance (outside of the dubious shyster MAC)....
Clashing is very common on these, and most other small coins. Congrats on a find which has apparently got you quite excited. The "broken nose"...
Yes, it does. The entire rest of the coin is very similar - but this one doesn't have the large scrapes in teh obverse field (in front of her...
I do something very similar. One series I collect is Capped Bust Halves, so I've got small stickers that I put on each slab (usually on the...
If you could somehow travel back in time 10 years, and give your 10-year-younger-self some hard-earned numismatic advice, what would you tell...
Yes, I think it would get FS. It may even get 6FS at NGC (PCGS doesn't offer this - their "FS" is only 5FS). However, there is too much...
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