Posted this in another thread, but I think its important for beginners to read and know, so I'll add a bit more and start a new thread for it....
What You Need To Know about the Type II Reverse Franklin... .... And quite a bit you didn't. by Jason Poe There is an interesting variety known...
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A very nice set of Walkers, and I hate to let them go but I need the cash for a down payment on a house. All of these except one are in old...
Yes, I sent this coin in. NGC declined to award it the PL designation, twice. Despite the mirrors on the obverse, and the clear black and white...
That's the highest compliment you can give me, Paul, thanks. And Doug, thanks for the additions. Those points were in my original full version...
I'll take the noted Franklin experts over Breen any day.
What You Need To Know About: Grading Or: Tying it all Together – The Science and Art of Grading By Jason Poe The single most important...
Sorry, Lehigh. I usually love the stuff you post. But I don't like this one. I mean, I really don't like this one. And I think most toning...
Doug, I see no consistency in those records. They prove nothing.
Reviewing in preparation for the conclusion to this series, I noticed the pictures were gone from this thread. In recompense, here are a series of...
That is actually pretty nice for a 49S Franklin. Franklin's don't generally get the smooth colors that Morgans do. Those bell lines are hammered...
I don't know edited Doug is smoking, but the Type 2 is the scarce variety on the Business strikes. It is only known on 1958 and 1959 Philadelphia...
Funny, "sweating" coins has a completely different and totally unrelated meaning.
Haha, I love the cartoon!!
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I don't know if I showed this one on this forum or not. 1963 NGC MS-65FBL : [img] [img]
It depends on the date, gbroke. 1958 is very easy to get nice toners. 1960 is very difficult to get nice toners, and almost impossible to get ones...
Well, you've probably read a dozen reports by now, but I'm going to throw my 2 cents in as well. (if you don't recognize the names, they are...
Absolutely not. The posts questioning whether or not this is real, and wanting to know details, are those, like me, who knew Cameron (if only just...
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