A lovely coin. If it's a proof, I think it's a PF67 and an early die state at that, before the lappers got to the dies. But I believe I see mint...
I grade it a 58 but I think it's slabbed at 64.
MS-64 FBL
I live in Central Florida and have found Summer FUN to be a rewarding show as a collector. It seems to me to be a 50% to 60% version of the...
No bean on the Franklin.
Maybe, maybe not. If the ID of the obverse hollow cylinder was only a few millimeters larger than the OD of the reverse anvil cylinder, then the...
This is the public announcement from the FUN Board of Directors: 2020 SUMMER FUN SHOW CANCELLED It is with great disappointment that the FUN...
You are correct. So, the raised lip on the reverse rim, just as the rim ding at 6, could have derived from something completely different. The...
I have seen a slabbed proof 1941 Walker where the dies were lapped so extensively that: - Liberty's outstretched hand was obliterated so that...
I'm going with no bean.
The History Channel program on Grant is pretty well done IMHO. As a side note, my father's grandmother was a little girl of about 7 when...
I've been thinking about this for the last day and have a hypothesis based upon some observations. This could be way off base but here goes:...
A gentle reminder that the coin's first showing in the OP's original post did not show the ICG holder or the grade. And most of us proffered our...
If you have germs on your hands and then put on gloves, you have transferred the germs to the surface of the gloves. Kind of defeats the purpose.
When I looked at this coin and gave it a 30, I had significant concerns about the degree of wear on the reverse, which I judged to be in the 12 to...
All terms that are heat but no light.
Summer FUN has been canceled as of public announcement at 1 pm ET today.
Yes to the bean.
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I don't view it as a high-end 67 nor do I see FBLs. The obscuration of the bell lines might be due to defects in the holder but I cannot tell. No...
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