Let me know if you're ever interested in a "family portrait" of your set. :)
I'd treat them the same way I treat any sort of contractor. If you don't respond to my second phone call requesting a quote, you're dead to me.
This is an early die stage of VAM 11A. I see this stage with some regularity, always uncirculated. The VAM 11A discovery coin is VF (I think)...
Thanks. I want the set to have a little bit of everything -- something for everyone.
This would be it if you stuck to only federal coinage. When you see 1787 and 1783, colonial coinage beckons. 1789 has no dated coinage, but it's...
Neat coins, very similar in appearance. I think I have most of the modern dates I need figured out. I will probably only do an error for 1979...
I was looking into if I wanted to add more of the modern coins to my Prime Number set. 1979 is a prime number, and as the year is famous for one...
Very nice! Congrats on returning to the top.
Leaning toward O-109a
Sort of. The dip reacts with the sulfide layer (toning) and breaks it up, basically knocking the sulfides loose of the surface (and releasing the...
It's plausible that they thought it would be a Bad Idea to say a TPG 58 was EAC 15.
It's real, but I'm not crazy about the surfaces. The funny looking 8 at the end is actually the way it tends to look. Leroy Van Allen actually...
How about all 3 graders stay in the room until they agree with Doug?
and MS is where most of the money occurs.
It used to be 70 wasn't allowed as a minimum grade for bulk orders. I don't see that restriction anymore, so I wonder if they allow it now. That...
If you look at high population older coins (Morgan, Peace dollars, classic commems, war date halves, ...) you'll see a similar bell curve. I...
I would send it in, simply because it's a relatively expensive coin that will be much easier to sell certified. Hard to rule out a details grade...
Looks nice! You could call the obverse F12, but the reverse drags it down a bit, so I imagine VGsomething would be right for this one. Is it...
What makes it "unique enough" is that it's a different die. The exact specifications would be written by the keeper of the Overton catalog (who...
And now you should leave it. Dipping this coin would result in a really dead look with worse eye appeal than it currently has with the thick,...
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