I have to laugh, at the top of the page is the title, "Help me with these bust half dollars, please" and directly over it is an ad for a Chinese...
It can still be yours, they knocked about $200 off the original price!
I'm glad that the green cast that concerned me appears to have been a lighting artifact. I still don't see anything about the 1828 that would...
I'm in the 30 to 35 camp.
Rulau of course is the standard reference. I also recommend "The True Hard Times Tokens" by Dr. Robert Schuman; and the catalog for the 2008...
I am not a bust half expert, and I don't "do" Overton's (but respect those who do!) so my comments are just based on my experiences and the...
Vic, did you have a manicure? Oh yeah, that is a very nice proof TD!
small head, O-126-a [IMG] [IMG]
Beautiful album toning on that '29, Skyman! [IMG] [IMG]
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3 nice looking Trade $'s in a row!
Trying to remember, did Polk die of cyanide poisoning and Taylor from sunburn? Watching too much CSI.....
Hope no one's going to OD on this overdate: [IMG] [IMG] [IMG]
I always thought that Liberty's face on the 20c looked like a gopher... now a gopher that just locked eyes with with a predator! (great looking...
Very nice 76-P Mainebill! Now that's what original undipped 19thc. silver is supposed to look like! (Morgan dollars excepted of course)
If you want the hole plugged with silver instead of lead it costs extra.
The only thing missing is that the old Savannah warehouse was owned by Granddaddy.
that was a good laugh!
It's all pretty subjective, even at CAC
that's a very interesting medal and advertisement. I am curious, what is the evidence that it was struck in 1864? I would think that it's more...
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