AU details, rim bump, cleaned. Pass.
The coin is actually very well struck, just missing FH designation and the accompanying 2x premium. As the seller states, the shield is...
Here's a link to the Oregon Trail stuff I photographed out of the collection. The large bronze plaque is about 1 foot in diameter.
Head over to the NNP, where there should be a bunch of Oregon Trail and Ezra Meeker stuff under the Eclectic Numismatic Treasures image library....
They would not holder it. Alterations like this fall into their counterfeit category and are not holdered.
I would say so, since it upsets the top of the population for 1897 and would one of seven in 67+ for the type. If you were to say 1883 No Cents,...
Go to the PCGS population report and look for those coins of a certain type with pop 1, none higher. Then go to the PCGS price guide and look at...
The answer depends on context.
Not implying that, just saying that a Big Coin™ will cause graders at all levels of the food chain to slow down and take it in.
I'd go for a 25-S in 65RB. Much rarer, but less money than the famous ones.
Reverse is a little funky, but still looks OK. Looks like a nice 64.
I think we agree here. Holding the company line means they have more influence over the grade. They must also be able to grade the coin just...
I'm basing this on what a former PCGS grader told me. The finalizer may be the only who considers the bigger picture more than the other graders,...
Isn't that more or less what we're seeing at the edge of the eagle's wing? The "scratch" may have been a rather deep hack before being struck....
The gouges may have been in the planchet before it was struck. In areas of highest relief, they remain strong, while in the fields, they are...
The computer isn't literally prompting them "are you sure," but the mere presence of that information will influence a grader or finalizer, even...
They have current populations and pricing resources available to them. If a coin merits dethroning a current pop top, this provides the "are you...
Of course. Without having the current pop top coin(s) in front of them, they have to stake their and their company's reputations on disrupting...
I don't see it, either. There are only two 1880-S obverses listed with a 0/9, and those are VAM 8 (also used on VAM 9) and VAM 11. Both take...
Was the Heaton coin design meant to be a commemorative of some sort, or just a proposal for a new design? It's unclear from the design what, if...
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