Thank you, @cmezner, for covering the question about the Calico reference better than I would have.
Imagine what a US half dime or Canadian “fish scale” silver 5-cent piece would be worth in PCGS MS67! This little Peruvian cousin of theirs?...
Peru: silver half-dinero, 1897-JF [ATTACH] This diminutive beauty is a screaming, flashy supergem, fully prooflike, with Cameo contrast. There...
I wouldn't mind a holey one for the vest, but ideally, that would be a love token Morgan with some interesting engraving on it. ;)
I suppose if I were to focus on a single series from this era, I too would stick to Redbook varieties and let the Jedi-level specialists go for...
Channel Islands (Guernsey): copper 2-doubles, 1889-H; Heaton mint, Birmingham [ATTACH] An attractive little Gem minor which remains the...
I don't know much about die marriages and varieties and such (or even care much about such minutiae, to be honest), but as a Type coin alone, if...
As are we all. Wish I had a buck for every little nitpick of mine that nobody else seems to understand... ;)
Exactly how I voted myself, with a similar rationale.
I disagree. The slab stays upright both sides... in the slab shot alone. This is useful as a frame of reference when you have coins with rotated...
It very accurately shows the correct orientation of the slab, since the slab shot is all about the slab! :P
Nope, not with full rims on both sides, I say. Even has denticles on the reverse. "Details" grade, sure, but G4 details, at the very least.
One out of six? The slab shot? LOL
Political boondoggling, perhaps? Wikipedia goes into a bit about it.
Much lower mintage. Only 38,500 pieces were struck for the 1875-P. That's even less than the 133,290 struck for the 1875-CC. And WAY less than...
Ditto. Never seen that, but I like it. Apparently somebody had that punch on hand for something else they manufactured (tools, maybe?), and...
This. You'd end up spending $35-40+ after all the fees and return shipping and everything, I imagine. Even if you went Economy tier. Which...
I'd call that G4 details. It has a few marks. The striations on the reverse look like they could be planchet flaws due to lamination rather than...
It's a fair question, and I'll defer to those who are more knowledgeable in Canadian coins. I expect a PL will be... well... more prooflike,...
I like the circs more than the MS pieces sometimes, for "character". I feel this way about Bust halves. I haven't met a Bust half I didn't like...
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