I think I touched on this in my previous reply. A "strike" qualifier is binary -- yes or no. The strike component of a grade is more fine...
TPGs are usually lagging behind collecting trends rather than trying to push them with regard to grading (labeling is a different story), and this...
Grade just posted on this -- AU55. In to the Prime Number Set it goes along with a few others! 8 coins short of being complete either 1601-1973...
A good point. Does the market appreciate this, however? If you're basically cherrypicking for grade, making the better buy, is it possible to...
This one got me thinking about TPG full strike designations currently used on post-Barber coinage. This one has hammered stars and left corn,...
Re-reading this thread makes me think that putting together a exhibit of the time line of the history of this love token, including everyone that...
Solid 65. Very well struck (full left corn on the reverse, full obverse stars), good eye appeal, scattered little ticks and such on the portrait,...
600 word limit? Gads, Doug blows past that here routinely in a single post. I wonder if this restriction is new since their format changed from...
I usually hit up the ND website when I want some info on colonials. Lots of good stuff there.
He's building a registry set of registry sets.
Edward penny, not sure whether Edward I, II, or III. Do not unbend or it will break.
VAM pricing is tricky, mostly because it's a rather thin market. Attempts have been made to print retail guides in the past, but they were...
Wow! It would appear that an 1802 would go for more than a similarly graded 1792 half disme, but then it also seems that 1802 is far more rare. 2...
"Red Book" varieties are not charged extra at any of the grading services. I don't have one handy at the moment. If it's in the Red Book, then...
This is where I differ in why I say 65. The marks are sufficiently hidden and the fields are very clean. The luster just doesn't seem frosty...
I picked up a 4th edition Brown and Dunn in really nice shape from an ANA book sale for 75c a couple years ago, pretty much just because I could....
One could do much worse buying a Seated half in a 65 holder than that coin. I do agree that someday it will probably be in a 66 holder, but today...
Thanks. I just added those to my list. I have been reducing the number of auction catalogs I have recently, and the Missouri Cabinet is one that...
Can you point me to this online? I maintain a list of resources for variety attribution on my website and would like to add it.
Here's a link to my set. I started at 1973 and worked backwards.
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