I refer to that kind of toning as Smurf Vomit.:vomit: You say correctly, BTW.
Yeah, not the kind of condition rarity you typically want in your collection.
I'm at 62 on this one. Pretty banged up, especially in the prime focal areas. Sorry to hear about your father.
58, but it's really hard to tell from the pictures if all those scuffs that should be accompanied by worn luster really are. The obverse field...
SSDC registry shows 1 66, 4 65s, 4 64s currently registered as VAM 11A. For regular VAM 11, 4 65s (1 each PL, DMPL) and a 64.
Very nice 64. Looks like a 65 in some pictures.
Let me know if you're ever interested in a "family portrait" of your set. :)
I'd treat them the same way I treat any sort of contractor. If you don't respond to my second phone call requesting a quote, you're dead to me.
This is an early die stage of VAM 11A. I see this stage with some regularity, always uncirculated. The VAM 11A discovery coin is VF (I think)...
Thanks. I want the set to have a little bit of everything -- something for everyone.
This would be it if you stuck to only federal coinage. When you see 1787 and 1783, colonial coinage beckons. 1789 has no dated coinage, but it's...
Neat coins, very similar in appearance. I think I have most of the modern dates I need figured out. I will probably only do an error for 1979...
I was looking into if I wanted to add more of the modern coins to my Prime Number set. 1979 is a prime number, and as the year is famous for one...
Very nice! Congrats on returning to the top.
Leaning toward O-109a
Sort of. The dip reacts with the sulfide layer (toning) and breaks it up, basically knocking the sulfides loose of the surface (and releasing the...
It's plausible that they thought it would be a Bad Idea to say a TPG 58 was EAC 15.
It's real, but I'm not crazy about the surfaces. The funny looking 8 at the end is actually the way it tends to look. Leroy Van Allen actually...
How about all 3 graders stay in the room until they agree with Doug?
and MS is where most of the money occurs.
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