I would have pulled out my phone and looked at their online inventory while in the store. In the unlikely event anything interested me (a B&M...
It looks like you're trying to set the white balance on the coin rather than a white piece of paper or gray card.
Your coin is strike doubled (machine doubled). Note especially the W in WE. Rather than having two separate sets of serifs and being a bit...
Good books include, but are not limited to: The Red Book of Morgan Dollars (I think this is the Bowers book you refer to) The VAM Book shown above...
All of the above, I guess, because that's what I have in my collection. If I were to choose a word to describe how I like my old coins, I would...
And by this process you become more aware of what you really understand about the coins you're buying. If you're self-aware and perceptive...
I've often amended that advice to, "buy the best coin you can understand at the best price you can."
I'm guessing he runs.
The ones I wasn't able to or just plain didn't buy.
For gold, AU53 is often NGC-speak for XF cleaned.
With almost every bulk order I send to PCGS, one coin comes back mislabeled. It totally screws with my accounting for the submission until I find...
Another method that hasn't been mentioned yet is setting the coin on top of the lid of a cent tube (in the case of a $5 Liberty) and taking the...
In sharp contrast to the "hold my beer" clause.
Please don't come up with a technique involving sitting on the slab.
Interesting technique that I suppose in a pinch would suffice. I have visions of the slab or coin falling between the boards in the deck. Also,...
Fixed it for you.
I spent Thursday through Saturday at CSNS parked at James Sego's very busy table shooting pictures of some "Eclectic Numismatic Treasures," some...
Yes. They left around 3 or so.
The preceding bulk order took 3 months, which I guess is the Powerball equivalent of not only matching zero numbers, but having to pay a penalty...
Yes, 80/79 VAM 5. A Top 100 VAM. Nice find! The Morgan series is full of fun stuff like this. Compared with other series, there's a fairly low...
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