I have to scale my thoughts down to dime size. The obverse luster is good, but the reverse doesn't look good for some reason. Could be the...
By which I assume you mean AT copper, and not counterfeit coins. Yes to all the above. Any specific examples will be anecdotal. Nailing down...
I don't think the CW slabs can be sealed that way. The reverse shell press-fits into the obverse one. I go through several hundred of these each...
Unless it was glued together, there's a notch on the seam on one side near the top. You should be able to pry it open there with a screwdriver or...
It's an attractive coin, but as a 64RB it looks low-end.
Collecting rolls was a popular thing to do in the 60s and early 70s. These are plentiful for that reason.
There are some coming up on Heritage in VF and XF within the next couple weeks. The pictures aren't posted yet, but I recommend following those....
At least you didn't buy one of those "original" rolls of Morgans from the First Federal National Mining Exchange (or some such nonsense) Bank of...
Cool story! Thanks for taking the time to share it.
Gross. It sold for that much because at least one person doesn't know what they're doing. Of course, there's not much risk here if your plan is to...
64 here. Pictures not so good. Lustrous, given the dark and bright areas. Probably attractive. A few scuffs in the fields and small tics on the...
The funny thing is that I've heard several ways to do this. Put lesser coins of the same type in front of it to make it look better, put other...
I think it's more superstition than anything else. Your grades will depend on which graders see the coins, and which finalizer oversees the final...
I think I touched on this in my previous reply. A "strike" qualifier is binary -- yes or no. The strike component of a grade is more fine...
TPGs are usually lagging behind collecting trends rather than trying to push them with regard to grading (labeling is a different story), and this...
Grade just posted on this -- AU55. In to the Prime Number Set it goes along with a few others! 8 coins short of being complete either 1601-1973...
A good point. Does the market appreciate this, however? If you're basically cherrypicking for grade, making the better buy, is it possible to...
This one got me thinking about TPG full strike designations currently used on post-Barber coinage. This one has hammered stars and left corn,...
Re-reading this thread makes me think that putting together a exhibit of the time line of the history of this love token, including everyone that...
Solid 65. Very well struck (full left corn on the reverse, full obverse stars), good eye appeal, scattered little ticks and such on the portrait,...
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