Great looking example, and I agree the 53 grade seems conservative. I tend to see that more in the old soap bar holders with the 6 digit code.
Nice coin! The very first coin I ever bought was an 1835 half dime, at a small show I attended with my Dad in the late '60s. I then proceeded...
Nice purchases, Kanga. The club rays Fugio is very nice. Took me a long time to find one Iliked in the right price range.
Congratulations on your first draped bust half dollar. Really a beautiful design. I agree, though, that you should save your money and instead...
Beautiful crusty example in the OP. Here's one of mine: [IMG][IMG]
really nice example and doesn't have any distracting adjustment marks that I can see. Congrats!
Really nice example, Lord M. One of the classics in the draped bust coins.
Looking at the other items, I think this is either someone selling off their collection, or they buy up collections and put them on ebay. Either...
here is a genuine one ( although with a T2 rev) for comparison. [IMG][IMG]
Dang! It sold for $280.
Yeah "E PLocoobus Unum " on the ribbon is atypical. But, I have seen far worse fakes!
With high value coins like the 14-D, you have to be very careful as many have been graded and coins outside of a graded holder are immediately...
"altered surfaces" is the best I can come up with, absent a definitive explanation.
I went with 40. Have one in much lower grade with extensive rev cuds
I don't like the 1854; I see the spikes by the dentils on the rev at 3 & 9, and a blob near 2. also, the shape of the numbers in the date looks...
That's a stunner!
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very nice!
with any coin, copper or silver, when I see the darker toning around the devices sharply demarcated from the fields, like the top coin, that makes...
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