Just once, I'd like to see someone ask this question and have a genuine coin.
The thing is, I prefer the view a stereoscope gives over a Live View image. It's sharper, there's no latency in an imaging chain to get it...
The seller keyword spammed Manfrotto and Bogen. I hope what you get is decent.
Nice shopping list. I toy around with the idea of putting together something like this for shooting varieties under high magnification, where I...
I'm using a 200 mm AF Micro-Nikkor on my camera most of the time, 105 mm for larger items. If you have an APS-C sensor, however, I wouldn't...
210xxxxx seems to be November-December 2001. This abrupt transition from 037xxxxx to 210xxxxx is what I was talking about when I mentioned that...
OK, no sooner did I say that than I picked up a blue labeled "Series/Coin" holder with barcode on back, and it has a 7-digit cert with no leading...
Officially, there's no way to find this out, and I don't understand the reasoning behind that. How is someone going to leverage "this was graded...
No, I didn't ask you, if that's what you mean.
All I could say from the pictures is that it's at least PR65. Grades higher than that, especially PR68, need to be examined in hand. That era of...
1909 VDB 1c MS63, 1892 Barber 25c AU58 with dark, colorful reverse toning, 1957 50c PR64CAM in the good PCI holders. A few Morgan dollars, and...
Come to think of it, there probably is a strong negative correlation between an event's "showness" and the good value of the food.
The "VAMSlab" link above is outdated. The name of the service is Variety Slabbing Service. While the specialties are Morgan and Peace dollars...
I would argue the birth of American numismatics was when the first American started studying coinage, which could have been before the revolution....
PCGS XF40: [IMG]
Not proof. ;) I agree with your 63RB assessment. Could just as easily grade 64. No black spots is a big plus.
Most obvious on the 한 character.
I hate to say, "I told you so." Eh, no, I don't.
Nothing about this coin in particular yet. The cert will be poofed before we hear anything from them.
PCGS Terms & Conditions #5: Customer must inspect all coins immediately upon receipt and PCGS disclaims any liability for damage or discrepancies...
Separate names with a comma.