Gonna skip the political part of your post and just focus on this... I was reading some numismatic history recently, and came across some...
Aristotle studied at Plato's Academy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platonic_Academy This is widely considered to be the first "university."...
On a modern coin, once there is wear, the other factors become significantly less important. The 61 was probably graded lower because of marks,...
With those pictures, the best I can tell you is that it is an 1881S. The grade could be anything from 61 to 64. It could be PL or DMPL....
Yes, finning is definitely an error. Here is a description of how it happens, for those unfamiliar: http://www.error-ref.com/finning/ And yes,...
During the late 19th century and early 20th century, the Mint Cabinet was subjected to cleaning several times. Most of the coins which were in the...
Hmmm... new coin is a split grade for me - 63 obverse, 65 reverse. Obverse is going to bring the overall grade down a bit - I'll call it a 64.
Is this grading scale described anywhere? It seems like a lot of ancient collectors care a lot less about the grade. Coming from the US side of...
It's a borderline 63/64. I'll call it 63+ to be conservative, but I wouldn't be surprised with 64.
Correct. And yours is not a PL Lincoln.
As has been indicated here, that is not a coin. If this fooled you and you actually thought it was a coin, please direct yourself to the nearest...
If it is significant, you could get it certified as a Mint Error (there may be an additional charge for this).
Very nice! Are these the Cu-Nis, or are there silver here too? What grade ranges do you have? I could see where this would be very attractive with...
An attractive Lincoln for sure, but I'm not sure what it's relation to this thread is.... It isn't prooflike, and it isn't a flying eagle....
What is this coin?
Graysheet has been going through some turmoil recently. The former manager died, and it is now under new management. There was a press release...
Perhaps it was a poor choice of words on my part. My understanding is that it was never "officially" a US colony, but was "colonized" by a society...
I know people go really crazy about modern art, but I just don't get it. Looks like the dude literally took a roller and put swatches on a wall. I...
I'm a little late to the party, but I was going to say 67.
When I see a coin like this, I always flip down to look at the coin, and then read the story. Remember, you are buying the coin, not the story....
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