Unfortunately, your second set of pictures show the problems of this coin much more clearly. There are three major problems: 1. Green gunk (its...
Grade is probably F-Details, Environmental damage. As Larry mentioned, I would guess this coin came out of the dirt. While it isn't one that I...
Thanks for the kind words, Larry!
Christmas is right around the corner. If you need a gift for that special numismatist in your life, or if you haven't gotten your copy yet, pick...
No offense, but these are very much AT. This is a great example of a look to strongly avoid. Anyone familiar with natural toning would be able to...
Focusing only on his numismatic work: Breen is well known to have "speculated" about many details. All of his books have been superseded by better...
I am quite sure that there are more than 2 stupid and/or uneducated buyers on Ebay ;)
As would any self-respecting knowledgeable buyer. It has clearly been polished. However, that doesn't describe the vast majority of Ebay buyers...
If you are talking in terms of "what popular type do you not own," then I have quite a few of them. I'm collecting by type. If you are talking in...
@robec You just keep getting better and better. Every one of those is stunning.
Damn. I know you've posted this one a couple of times, but this is one of the most beautiful British coins I've ever seen.
We sometimes get threads where people ask about their high grade 50's and 60's coins. This is usually the source of them. Because people are...
I've never heard of one.
No, it isn't a PO-1. And I really don't understand the people that collect these. At all.
I really don't see what the advantage of this would be over a discussion forum like this. The best way to show coins online is, and always will...
I certainly don't try to be negative. I try to give an honest opinion. My opinion is based on 20+ years in the hobby, and the experience and...
1.) If you had posted this as a guess the grade, plenty of people would (probably) have said UNC. 2.) The cleaning has made it just shiny enough...
The D on yours really looks... smooshed. Compared to a normal D, yours is much thinner, and the inside loop is compressed. Combine that with the...
Let me rephrase: A cud, BY DEFINITION, is a die break that occurs at the rim of the coin (a cud will always touch the rim).
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