I'll conclude my run of British Trade Dollars with my only sample from the 1930s. The two most common dates, 1930 and 1930-B, are not in my...
And it didn't occur to the Mint (yes, I know, Congress) to issue a commemorative with a blurry design and no luster?
Not true unless you buy counterfeit ones. James Sego has been heading up QA-check since about 2015-16. They're put on modern series that are...
In this case, they are. It's VAM 3. Some of the strongest doubling of any US coin.
Sadly, no 1921 British Trade Dollar to post. I don't even have a 1925, as I put off buying one while acquiring others, then it got expensive. I...
Where we've been failed with respect to this is the quantization of strike quality into "full" and "not full" for a few coin types where we all...
Well, he is wearing her crown.
[ATTACH] That's the full-size TrueView shot of the steps. I'm not a Jefferson guy, but the steps under the third pillar look weakest and there's...
Weight is a big deal if you're shipping. A PCGS slab with a dollar in it is about 0.4 oz lighter than an NGC slab. 8 PCGS slabs can be shipped...
US Coins did a video on YouTube following the John Albanese interview where they bashed it with a hammer, tried the tile nippers, and ran over it...
Chris Simpson is now a grader at CACG.
The last chapter in the VAM book is about photographing varieties with 1960s equipment, including various types of macro lenses, close-up lenses,...
A run of British Trade Dollars from the 1910s 1910-B [IMG] 1911-B [IMG] 1912-B [IMG] 1913-B [IMG]
This ragged edge clip was from a Heritage error coin sale a couple weeks ago. Errors like this on silver dollars are quite rare. [IMG]
I bought this a few weeks ago. Finally got around to photographing it. I don't even collect medals, but had to have this. Designed by George...
Insufficient contact between the dies and the planchet caused by either Thin planchet Improper die spacing Improper annealing of planchets...
Metal flows from the center outward when the coin is struck. The peripheral lettering interrupts the flow a bit. As a result, the fields just...
My newest "2 cent piece" [IMG]
It can happen on any coin that has sharply defined stuff near the rim. You usually only see it on uncirculated coins, which is why you tend to...
A couple tougher British Trade Dollars 1900-C [IMG] 1902-C [IMG] One for this decade and last. Heck, this century and last. 1904/898-B [IMG]
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