While you know I'm prone to exaggeration, anytime I see a picture with wide swaths of bright white areas, I call that severely overlit. If you...
Dude, those pictures are severely overlit. Can you try again and tone it down a bit? Based on those pics, I can't see this getting anything over...
If you can see the fourth leg... it isn't a 3 leg.
Cool, I missed that thread. Thanks.
I don't recall having seen anything about this previously, but I may have missed it. PCGS just certified the first new 1795 Flowing Hair Half...
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For what it's worth, I just guessed 63. The booming luster you describe is not translating well in the pictures. The fields look rough, but that...
Ha! I'm laughing at the Chuck E Cheese token.
They sent me an email invoice and they accepted Paypal, so that's what I did. Super easy.
I actually just discovered them and placed a couple of bids in their auction this weekend. I lost one, but won the other. I assume they'll send...
Yes, the Red Books don't usually go too far into varieites. Buying all the books required would be quite expensive - which is why I'm happy...
My favorite pic I've ever taken is the top one. The way the reflections worked is just stunning. When I take pictures, I'm usually trying to...
I understand your desire for a hard copy. Here is a great list of the current standards. Each of these books is available in hard copy, but have...
Are you looking for date by date analysis? The history of the series? Variety information? Are you looking for a particular series? Quarter?...
I'm at 62. Those big scrapes in the obverse field to the right of her head hurt this coin.
Sometimes a horse had that job ;) https://www.thevintagenews.com/2016/03/03/the-early-modern-period-striking-coins-with-a-screw-press/
If I look closely, I see what appears to be a "lighter spot" just north of the rim ding. This looks like displaced metal, to me. A "rim ding"...
You mean the TR of Trust on the obverse? That's a weak strike. Lehigh and I have gone back back on forth on this many times, but it's considered...
It's numismatic short-hand for "3 O'clock" k3 is 3PM on the dial face.
Obviously, I can only comment on the pictures I see. But, yes, toning is well known to disguise contact marks.
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