I probably should not have used the term "Type". Here is what Bowers says in the book A Guide Book of Half Cents and Large Cents, Whitman...
Bowers, in his Whitman book on half cents and large cents, divides the 1801's into Type 1 and 2, based on the "1"s in the date. The Type 1 has a...
@Insider , thanks for taking the time and effort to identify this. A friend dropped this and a handful of cull Matron Head cents on me the other...
Can anyone see enough on this 1801 for attribution? I think I see a serif on the first 1 of the date and the blunt second 1 making it a Type 1,...
Latest upgrade for the IHC collection. Replaces a raw F-12. My photos and the TrueView for comparison. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
That depends entirely upon what YOU mean by "better". My "better" is the 1809 based upon my criteria: 1) Don't buy problem coins. 2) Don't buy...
Just saw this as you originally posted it long before I joined CT. Thoroughly enjoyed it and learned a few things. One thing I had a question...
I agree with a hit/scratch due to raised metal along and parallel to the anomaly. I also see the left hand side of the upper right serif of "N"...
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I'm always happy to see a new attribution guide. From you, I would expect it to be all we would need or want.
"They", i.e. ANA did not leave those grades off. I did because I didn't think they added anything to the discussion. Most folks are not at all...
Quite true that there are special marketing labels for modern bulk products. But my OP specifically restricted the question to circulated grades...
The table I showed in my OP (reproduced below) is directly from the 7th edition of the ANA Grading Guide. It doesn't contain any *'s or +'s....
I think it is AU-55 cleaned. But it will probably straight-grade at AU-58. I have seen early gold with much more wear grade at AU-55. Quite a...
Just to clarify for anyone that might be confused about my meaning - I am not advocating going to a continuous number system nor changing from the...
Yes, my point exactly. But as you point out, nothing is absolute. All markets are made up of a multitude of different characteristics. The...
I think it all comes down to protecting the dealers (my apologies if I ding anyone with this) from having to explain why they are asking MS-63...
Sorry, the grading scales did not format properly when I pasted them in from Word. Here it is properly formatted. [ATTACH]
A contemporary thread on CT Coin Chat forum regarding the AU-MS divide prompted this post of a thought and question that has been floating around...
I voted "no" which is the idealist in me speaking. I agree with Jason that we should maintain a sharp distinction between the circulated and...
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