Yup. If you are a responsible crack-out person, you return the inserts to the grading service so that they can remove the coin from their...
I actually forgot I discovered this one. It was someone else's coin, and I had him send it to Leroy. Tonight, I'll go back into my archives of...
There are now. ;)
Looks like a LDS VAM 61. The doubling on the inside of the ear strengthens due to die fatigue on LDS coins. You see the same thing on VAMs 3 and 39.
Very attractive, but 66 seems too generous given the hits on the obverse. No black spots, though.
A harshly cleaned 1903 dollar.
This is how I would attribute it.
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58
I'll guess 64.
Nice, well used southern gold! VG10?
My recommendation. ;) It can be a lot of fun, you further develop your eye for detail, you get to learn more about your coins and the minting...
I'm trying to search their website for press releases made at the time of the ANA show and am coming up empty. Their news archive it a bit of a...
At 500 power, you're reading the dates on the coinage of the Whos that Horton heard.
PCGS announced expanding their PL designations a little at their lunch at the ANA show. I thought it was more than just California gold, but...
Correct. The pistareens were minted in Spain for use in the colonies. They were made on rocker presses, so they are slightly curved. This makes...
Not sure why I thought 03-O. :facepalm: Anyway, take a look at VAMs 12, 13, 14, and 15.
If you're looking through a microscope, point whatever camera you have through the eyepiece and take a picture. There is only one known obverse...
My process is similar, but leverages Photoshop layers. Since all images are oriented the same way, I can load them all into individual layers of...
8 minutes later: So you're really not trying to get to the bottom of anything. Rather, you're just using an anecdotal cleaned coin that PCGS...
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