Breen says the 1907 proof has the date to the right and low rising up as you go left to right. That doesn't seem to match this coin.
The nice thing about Excel is you can design it anyway you want. Add colums for new categories move things around etc, and it is possible to...
Frankly the Mint can't win. If they make a lot of a particular issue the price falls on the secondary market and the collectors whine that the...
Railroad rim coins often show marks on the flange from being damaged in the counting machines. You will find the answer in your other thread. On...
A "Texas" cent, quarter, whatever, is created by putting the coin between two pieces of stiff leather and beating it with a sledgehammer. The...
As Mark mentioned you are starting on the toughest series of large cents for attributing. I find that I don't try to use all the reference...
I hav NO complaints about the coin, the complaints are about the slab and grading. I have two 1799's, neither one comes anywhere close to the...
The Hard times "Am I not a Woman and a Sister" token is based on a 1795 English token with the same message. It used the "Am I Not a Man and a...
When it is unidentifiable.
The ones you see in National Geographic, Smithsonian, or Parade are usually genuine but low grade (and often polished) frequently sea slvage...
Or did he shoot it in such a way as to present the coin in the best possible light? As most people marketing a product would do. I will admit...
I've always said if you are going to meet a stranger for a cash transaction to pick a nice safe place......like the local police station.
The mint doesn't make the blanks. They get them from an outside supplier. And that supplier makes planchets for many other people as well, and...
This is a very interesting piece. Yes it is a lamination, but I believe it is also a struck through. In fack I think it is struck through the...
My thoughts exactly, drop of glue which is now gone.
He posted these on another forum along with a picture of the reverse. It is a Philadelphia issue. (oddly the photos were not as clear as they...
I strongly suspect we are seeing another "Texas cent".
I don't see the bars, but I do see the vine motif.
Just came back to the thread and checked Marshall's comments. My conclusion was that is was 189, there is slight separation between the L and I ad...
As the others have said neither deal is good but the $6.20 deal is much better $6.20 for $90 is 14.52 times face. a quarter pound of 90% silver...
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