Beautiful coin. would love to have a set of CC Morgans with that look!
Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but there is no legit way to correct scratches on the surface, and conservation won't correct intrinsic things...
I was reading today's newspaper, the copper box was inside a niche in the middle of a granite stone, placed fairly high up in the pedestal, and...
without the marks, it should grade straight, but I could never get past that dark line in the obv field no matter how much luster it has .
checking the maibockaddict website, the O105a has a long die crack around the Reverse but does not appear to have an obv. die crack. please verify.
you might contact Sheridan Downey about it, go to his website at sheridanscoins.com
Mr. Someone Else really showed us how to build a relationship with a dealer!
I do not understand the grade assigned. Those are clearly digs from trying to remove the embedded (?)object.
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[ATTACH] [ATTACH]Here is one for the button maker, with the H initial on the obv.
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Thanks, CN, that is a very well written historical summary. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
It looks like a winged insect hovering in front of Liberty's face,trying to decide whether to fly into her mouth or up her nose.
very nice looking coin ; price = full retail so I think there should be some room to negotiate. Looks around VF25 to me.
Great looking Bustie! Bob is really skilled at capturing the color and surfaces.
The Morgan is clearly artificially toned and looks to be a circulated coin. I don't know as much about the Mercs but I think you overpaid for...
I think it goes without saying that when we try to assess surface conditions from photos, we rely to a huge extent on the quality of the images,...
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