Happy Thanksgiving, and thank you for introducing new people (youngsters are even better) to our hobby.
Isn't that the truth! No matter how I try, I can never seem to bring out as much luster in photos as the coins deliver in person.
Incomplete punch of the planchet. Very neat piece Larry.
I don't sell on eBay any longer, so I can't testify to a drop in sales. From the buying side I can say that I don't visit it with nearly the...
How to keep the revenue stream from declining as the number of gradable coins declines? . . . let's rehash the numerical grading system . . ....
[ATTACH] Where are the drums, Grampaw? .
Bury’em in backyard . . . Tooth marks and all.
My point is that the coin appears to have uniformly corroded over its entire surface, which implies complete immersion. Localized exposure would...
I don’t believe so . . . it is no longer exposed to whatever it once reacted with.
All over . . . it exhibits micro-porosity throughout, likely from having spent time in acidic surroundings.
Environmental damage.
Yup
Retained luster does not throw graders off. It is the default criteria a grader should resort to using when a coin was struck poorly or...
Sweet XF45
Can't recall, but don't think I've had one of those Paddy. Neat!
Pretty coin!
1884-O Morgan? I can think of a lot of other coins I'd rather spend that kind of money on.
You'd better tell him to take his sweet time growing up Randy . . .
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I’ve just been informed my table number is (Edit . . . See Post 33 for correction).
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