Why the Barber quarter and the Capped Bust half, instead of any other denominations of the design? And why not any Seated Liberty issue? (I'm not...
1901-S Barber Half, ANACS EF-40 Details, cleaned, discussed here and in a GTG thread here: 1901-S Barber Half Dollar, ANACS EF-40 (XF40) Details,...
To get serious for a moment: "Every collector" is simply too broad. Even leaving out foreign or ancient coins, most collectors find some series...
Don't get your hopes up for the 1913 transitional nickel pair. ;)
I'm not sure I agree. I've come across plenty of examples where photographic images of the grades are hard to distinguish, but the text...
Everyone should definitely own whatever I've currently got up for sale on eBay. :)
Different timezone where you are? ;)
Ahem. STRONG HANDS! WORK THE AVERAGE! SHINY!!! There. That should tide us over until our regularly scheduled commentator returns.
Do you want to include the 1986 Ellis Island coins, or would commemoratives be too much of a can of worms?
Also, I'm having trouble finding the various reverse designs for the platinum coins. I hadn't previously seen the "industry" design above, and I'd...
I see only one of the two Stella liberty designs...?
Watching the way this thread is unfolding is like watching a firehose with nobody holding the nozzle.
To me, that's behavior worthy of a neg, but I understand from stories here that sellers can get negs removed if they simply show that they...
I miss the good old days of half-dollar hunting while silver was peaking....
How did that happen? Die came loose in the press?
Barber by an Adam's apple.
Well, since this is the standard procedure at both the top grading companies, does this mean that you'll sell all your slabbed coins and never...
Cut it out. You already got the 42/1-D deal. Leave some for the rest of us. (Seriously, nice catch!)
I do believe our hero is coming unglued: [ATTACH] Perhaps the longer gap at the end (over fifty minutes between revisions) came because he...
I... had no idea you could get a disposable hazmat suit for that kind of money! I can remember all sorts of situations where that would've been...
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