AU58 is certainly a "value" grade. I know of folks with AU58 type sets. I always thought MS62 was another good "bang for the buck" grade.
Oh yeah. Just another day for him. And rocks are not a thing down here in our sandy South GA coastal soil. Lemme tell you, Steve Smith is a...
Randy my friend, if nobody else chooses it as their prize this month, and you don't win it in the drawing, that lot is liable to end up in your...
United States: 1873 silver Seated Liberty quarter, Arrows at Date subtype PCGS VF20. Cert. #26587810. Numista-30784, Krause-Mishler-106....
It looks OK to me at a cursory glance, but I'll be the first to admit I am not really well-versed in the diagnostics of the fakes (mintmark shape,...
Well said. I feel the same way about sharing my collection. Though I often "walk the road less traveled" in my eclectic style of collecting, I...
Nice finds! The 1829 I dug is low grade and holed. Here's live video of my local dig buddy and detecting mentor Steve Smith, popping an...
Hey, @The Meat man - Look up the Gloucester Courthouse shilling token on ACSearch, while you're at it... ;) You could count the existing examples...
But of course. That's what we'd all say. And both rarity AND aesthetics is great- IF and when you can afford it! But the example in the poll is...
Ahh, you should have seen the gilt proof 1805 Irish Hibernia penny (full large penny, not halfpenny) that I once owned. It was NGC PR64 UCAM and...
It was the Strawberry Leaf cent in this recent post by @Evan Saltis that made me think about this. Most of them are pretty rough, but when...
United States: 1877-S silver Trade dollar PCGS VF35. Cert. #46510053. Numista-16466, Krause-Mishler-108. Mintage: 9,519,000. Ex-"rokas",...
As a general rule of thumb, if I cannot afford an example in problem-free Fine (F12) grade, then I'm not going to include that type or date in my...
Neither of those is hideous, and both are appealingly rare.
I can imagine it, but that's about all. But spending that much on a little disc of metal might be a bit too much, even though I've been...
Just a quickie poll. Which appeals to you more in general: rarity, or aesthetics and eye appeal? Sure, it's a sliding scale, with varying...
Wow, amazing stuff. So it was a large cent pattern, but the Liberty on it more resembles the one on the gold coins. Interesting.
Did you photograph that in person? If so... wow. I'd take that over half a dozen 1804 dollars, I think.
United States: 1863 bronze patriotic Civil War token, "Our Little Monitor" type PCGS MS63 BN. Cert. #44769724. Fuld-237/423a....
Got it! Thank you. I could tell the girl's ear doubled as the mother's eye, but I couldn't make out the rest.
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