Good link, that answers the question. The letters in the SM look sort of squat, whereas in the LM they appear vertically elongated-- "filling the...
Interesting! I've never seen one without the lightning. Sorry I can't help with the attribution.
I like your taste in Walkers, Mr. WalkerD! [IMG] [IMG] Dang! gotta resize that one...
Probably something about it in the Bowers magnum opus, next time I have $400 to spend on a book...... Still a very cool coin, of a type I had...
Tough call! I think I prefer the PCGS coin, there is a toning streak on the NGC example that is a little annoying to me; but they are both really...
Sorry, that was kind of a runon post! I noticed WalkingD had 2 posts credited, so I thought I should say howdy! and Welcome! Congrats on topping...
Where is "motto" in the motto? In God's motto we trust? (just a typo, I'm sure but struck me as funny) Please clarify, as I have wondered about...
Too much carousing does a dull numismatist make, that's my story and I'm stickin' to it!
Mark to the rescue! hey, no such thing as a bad bustie, unless it's a fake, which yours aren't. Is there a story about the 2 dots over the...
AdamL, I like their nice, original look. And that is a very attractive 17-s obv, WalkingD, I know how hard those are to find in a nice, midgrade...
My opinion, fwiw, is that it is MS (best I can tell from the photos) with the typical weak strike for the issue. There seems to be significant...
and I had some positive feedback about this one: [IMG] [IMG]
yesterday I rearranged my photobucket albums, so the links to my photos were lost. I'll post a few of them in no particular order: 1916-d, obv....
I became better at spotting fakes after I bought several and studied them. Quite a few of them are lurking in old collections- the Chinese have...
I rearranged my photobucket albums, I had everything in 1 album (!) so they woudln't link. Should be ok now. Wasn't trying to hijack the thread,...
I think it's about AU53, dipped and cleaned. The high points are (obv) hair behind Liberty's eye, left breast, left leg; reverse: tops of wings,...
Looks cast, with the remains of a gold wash. Neat street find, though!
The bust dollar may very well be authentic. That it's been cleaned and polished is apparent, but if genuine it is still a valuable coin. What are...
It's very hard to authenticate these from photos, as you have to look for specific patterns of depressions and toolmarks from the counterfeit...
Thanks for the additional photos, sorry I missed the weight in the op. I was sleepy. I believe it is genuine, based on your excellent photos,...
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