It will be going to PCGS, as will all the stuff that's presently raw. (Except the ancients, which have to go to NGC because PCGS doesn't grade them.)
Wasn't terribly expensive. Less than sixty bucks (already in the slab), as I recall. Lotsa "bang for the buck" on that one, small though it is.
Hmm. All those departures above were bittersweet. Let's see what's new! Here's what came in since last time: Greece (Thrace, Pantakapaion):...
There were 18 departures and 19 arrivals since last time, in what has been the biggest purge in my collection since 2013. It was a downsizing of...
[IMG] United States: copper "Hard Times" token; C.D. Peacock Jeweler, Chicago, "1837" (struck ca. 1902) [IMG] PCGS MS63 BN; population 1 - the...
[IMG] United States: gold quarter-eagle ($2.50), 1843-O, Small Date variety, New Orleans mint [IMG] PCGS XF40; population 63 with 310 higher as...
[IMG] Great Britain: silver South Sea Company sixpence of George I, 1723; double-struck mint error (2nd strike 25% off-center) [IMG] PCGS F12; no...
[ATTACH] Sicily (Norman Kings): gold tari of Guglielmo I ("William the Bad"), ca. 1154-1166 AD [IMG] England: silver penny of King John,...
[IMG] Greece (Ionia, Phokaia): electrum hekte, ca. 478-387 BC [IMG] Greece (Thrace, Pantakapaion): bronze Æ21, ca. 310-303 BC [IMG] Greece...
(5/16/19: This thread got trashed when I accidentally deleted some images, so I'm repurposing it as a construction draft for new writeups.) [IMG]...
Peru, 1897. I thought I had played this recent purchase somewhere, but it happens to have been in the "World Tour" thread, I believe, so it...
Very handsome.
Nice quickie conservation job! Looks better, but still fully original. Sorry, no clue. Cool lookin' medal, though.
Moved from General Discussion to US Coins forum.
Yeah, I was just testing its limits. Worked fine for me with neutral backgrounds.
Let's try this: [ATTACH] Hmm. OK, not what I had in mind, but interesting. [ATTACH]
Huh? Oh, I think I see what you meant. The Romans and ancients are going to @Aethelred. The Chinese stuff will go to @Ken Dorney, if it proves...
I decided to challenge it a bit with this one: [ATTACH] Here's what I got: [ATTACH] Not perfect, but OK, that was admittedly a tricky one....
They're to be going off to two different dealers for offers.
Great. Thanks for the tip. This could potentially help with the one problem I have using MS Paint: the lack of a circle crop tool.
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