Make a t-shirt of it. :)
Well, there's a big difference between an honest PO-01 / FR-02 coin and a "problem" coin. Since lowball registries became a thing, PO-01...
Bauch & Lomb makes a loupe with a 25.4mm diameter in 4x, 5x, 7x, and 10x....
I think I'd feel comfortable buying a coin in a problem-free PCI holder from someone I trusted, even if it had hairlines visible at 15x. They're...
If you bought it from a reputable dealer, I think I'd take it up with the dealer first. But, I don't see any evidence of cleaning in the...
I can't tell if the pic is pixelated or if the coin looks cast. My best guess on the pic is that it's a badly lit, low-res, picture of a darkly...
I'm not familiar with the specific ads you're talking about, but I pretty much stay away from people who advertise nationally in general. Either...
I think they're the Chinese equivalent of merchant counterstamps. From...
There's no point in using a 15x loupe for anything other than authentication. At 15x, your field of view is about the size of a mint mark, or so....
Those photos are not good enough to see a lot of luster even if it's there. The details are certainly at least AU55, maybe 58 like @rzage says....
Dr. Eugene Bruder at typecoins.com has a "priced to sell" section on his site. You won't find uber bargains there, and sometimes his pictures...
That's why Air-Tite albums are so great. No cardboard bits on the coins.
What exactly constitutes archival quality with respect to a binder for storing pages of 2x2s? I mean, you want to make sure the material wont...
The one time I ever had anything lost in the mail was when I was shipping to Canada. International shipping can be flaky sometimes. The problem...
Nice. Your 1916 doesn't seem to have the reverse die crack. That 1901-O, though... I'm not sure what to think about it. :-)
That's not even the same coin.
Possibilities I see (in order of likelihood): 1. Puttied and whizzed 2. Die struck fake, dies created from genuine 1884CC VAM 10, early die state...
That'd be great, but how are they going to pay for that?
What you've got there is a "condition rarity!" It's actually quite hard to find a 50D in any circulated grade. I'd say VF 35 to XF 40. Just say...
AU55 cleaned. I might even net it to AU50 or 53 because of the huge ding on the cheek.
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