Looks like coin alignment to me based on the location of the staples in the photographs.
58 looks right to me. Couple little scratches, no big deal really. Nice rims.
Thanks to all who replied, very helpful.
I'm in Breen's "Encyclopedia of US & Colonial Coins" looking at the 1864 "small motto" 2-Cent piece, Breen lists it as a prototype. How is that...
Did we leave the ancients or did the ancients leave us? Huge improvement in my opinion though I haven't even read a single thread here so far....
99% certain the finalizer inspects the coin post-encapsulation. The grade is checked and the slab itself is checked, and more coins actually get...
My biggest mistake would have to be August, 2008. Should have cleaned-out both safe deposit boxes and sold every single coin I owned at the top....
Agree with the shady-label observation. I'm glad most of my slabbed coins are from the late 1990s and still have some integrity to the grades on...
Ya'll are pretty good at this! 66 it is!
What's the difference between an archaic and an ancient?
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Try NEN: https://www.northeastcoin.com/index.jsp
$50 tops.
As a world coin enthusiast (primarily), the main reason for submitting to TPG is usually to establish authenticity, not grade. It has always...
I suspect that is particularly true at PCGS.
I wish NGC still slabbed sets that way. I have a nice set of the Greek 1967 revolution commems, both the gold and silver issues, they would look...
Pretty much agree with most of what has been shared. I go in for world coinage, almost exclusively pre-1970, and mostly 1939 and earlier. I too...
Just went to look at "My eBay" and was asked to accept new terms of use. Would probably take a lifetime to read all the details, but I did look...
I use the filters to identify specific coins I am interested in, if I added filters to identify those that were also no reserve, most of the time...
The Silver Dollar Show in St. Charles, MO was a complete bust last week, or so I have been told. I think what people are seeing is lag. The...
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