Btw, I picked this up, in part, based on the extremely low mintage. The Quarter Eagle doesn't seem to sell for much above melt, even in gorgeous...
My autocorrect was on full display there. Sorry about the goofy typos!
Tastes? I tru not to put circulated coins near my mouth. Have you seen where done people store their coins? Or touch before touching money?
64+ The halo effect had me wondering about possible PL. But the chatter on the reverse above "In God We Trust" rarely appears on PL coins and...
I was thinking ms-62PL or MS-63. 62 without the designation seems a little tough on this beautiful coin.
NGC slab is a little scruffy & has scratches not present on the coin. I used soft light without flash to adjust for this except on the last two...
Presumably there'd be a cud section first that would lead to the dies retirement.
It's all good. This is just a temporary slab (not even branded - it's just to protect it until I get it slabbed). And, I don't often slab either....
Most amusing to me is that the Vam-1 is listed as "likely does not exist"! I'm seeing this as a long-nock, centered (or even slightly low)...
We may not be looking at the same coin. The holder it's in has some scruffiness that my camera is picking up, but this is in at least ms63 grade...
I did. Can't find the variety, yet.
I believe that's his point. I picked up an 1889-D - bet you don't have one!
I'm leaning towards 64. Beautiful coin
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I picked up this beauty based on some semi-decent pics from the seller and was surprised to find beautiful radial die cracks running about 75% of...
Yes, that's exactly what I'm saying. The early mint employees often... subsidized their modest income with moonlighting projects. One reason...
Unlike some "novelty" bills, the 3 of those I've seen were not overprinted on real bills. So, if someone is passing those as real money, that's...
Love that sentiment, and the "no more lies / no more war" Jefferson nickel was quite well counterstamped. Personally, I don't go in for any...
There was an ugly trend in early American numismatics to have collectibles made to order. The big dealers had sweetheart deals with mint employees...
I got a silver 3 cent in change once. Teller was passing it off as a dime and I certainly didn't correct her!
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