PCGS uses published attribution guides for their definitions of varieties, as they should, otherwise they'd be inventing their own varieties (NGC...
It looks like staining from something having been glued to it at one time. It was, after all, in circulation before the GSA packaged it. Check...
I can't get past the scratch on the cheek, either. This must otherwise be absolutely stunning in hand, otherwise, I'd call it more of a PR65@#! CAM.
The first thing I would do with this coin is put it under my stereoscope at high power and try and figure out what it is. This might include...
If you're referring to the two pictures shown here, they are the same coin.
Not an O/S. Not exactly sure what happened to cause that, since I wasn't there at the time, but it's not an O/S.
Yeah, both coins are cleaned. I would put #2 in the album and sell #1, as it is still an upgrade.
Chanting "Anál nathrach, orth' bháis's bethad, do chél dénmha," usually does the trick.
This guy showed up in the mail today. 1601 1/24 Thaler from Hildesheim. [IMG]
So it was graded AU55 in 2001? What do you think it would grade today? I don't know that I'd say AU55, but I'd probably say AU. Lots of strike...
Agree, but I'd put the 1828 at EF details.
I was out of town and away for a few days, and now my ears are burning. I do anything for which I have or can access an attribution guide....
Yes, VAM 4.
This is a late die stage of VAM 10. You should still be able to see a little doubling on the bottom of the first 8.
Regarding the heavily worn coin, all of those dates are good ones to have with an S mint mark. It very well may be possible to tell which date he...
Looks like VAM 17 to me, too. There are plenty of 1878 Morgans with a broken star point on the obverse. This was a result of a break on the hub....
From those pictures, it appears that the fields tend to call the shots when grading. The OP coin does look to have very clean fields, but are they...
Looks like a nice coin. The marks on the cheek are probably a mix of hits on the coin and marks on the planchet that weren't struck out. I don't...
Red flag for me in the OP is that you're not sure if the 78-S is proof or prooflike. There are no proof 78-S Morgans. This makes me think that...
Since I don't have any book recommendations, I'll just share this. [IMG] Are there book recommendations for 16th and 17th century Talers?
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