Like @geekpryde said, some people like the mottled look. (I am not one of them.) I don't think it would be worth the hassle and expense of...
C'mon, that's a pretty awesome pedigree, never mind the appeal of the coin itself.
Nonsense and balderdash. Sovereigns are totally coins. Granted, they are "trade coinage", and usually sell as bullion, but they were legal...
Sweet! Mintmarked? I have found a couple of 1937-D coins in that sort of grade. Once from a Pepsi machine. (No 3-leggers, alas.)
Cleaned? Yes, rather harshly so, I'm afraid. It's been polished.
Well, I dunno about VAM varieties and all that, but at $35 in VG8 per Numismedia, the 1884-S Morgan dollar looks like a relatively common date to me?
I've now sent out the big group PM to all the donors and winners, so everyone can get together over shipping the prizes. And the November...
I love those. I've had two of the same date as yours. The first, a few years back, was an NGC AU58. [IMG] The second, in my present...
Speaking of Columbian Expo stuff and giveaway swag, though I no longer have a ticket to the Expostion to give away like I did in that old 2017...
The next (and last) lucky number drawn was 44. Post #44 was by @don oswald! @don oswald, since yours was the last number drawn, you get what's...
The next (almost-) lucky number corresponded to a post by someone who said he had nothing coin-related to add. So he must have read the rules,...
The next lucky number drawn was 6. Post #6 was by @Shrews1994! @Shrews1994, you were lucky enough to have your first choice still be available...
The next (almost-) lucky number drawn corresponded to a post by someone who posted three entry posts, and is thus disqualified per Rule #1 in the...
(Wow, the random number generator just picked #45 again, so I guess @Nathan401 was really meant to win a prize! LOL) ;)
The next lucky number drawn was 45. Post #45 was by @Nathan401! @Nathan401, you won your fourth choice, Prize #6. This was a set of my...
The next lucky number drawn was 71. Post #71 was by @rp3989! @rp3989, you won your second choice, Prize #4. This was the 1893 Colubmian Expo...
The next lucky number drawn was 100. Post #100 was by @Heavymetal! @Heavymetal, you won your second choice, Prize #2. This was the set of...
The next lucky number drawn was 101. Post #101 was by @Chuck_A! As y'all can see by the "note to self" I added earlier, I let him slide on not...
And now the October drawings begin! :) Jumping right in... The first lucky number drawn was 104. Post #104 was by @Mark1971! @Mark1971, per...
November 2019 CoinTalk Giveaway Prizes (Please allow links a moment or two to load) [IMG] Prize #1 (from "lordmarcovan"): winner's choice of any...
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