At least you didn't buy one of those "original" rolls of Morgans from the First Federal National Mining Exchange (or some such nonsense) Bank of...
Cool story! Thanks for taking the time to share it.
Gross. It sold for that much because at least one person doesn't know what they're doing. Of course, there's not much risk here if your plan is to...
64 here. Pictures not so good. Lustrous, given the dark and bright areas. Probably attractive. A few scuffs in the fields and small tics on the...
The funny thing is that I've heard several ways to do this. Put lesser coins of the same type in front of it to make it look better, put other...
I think it's more superstition than anything else. Your grades will depend on which graders see the coins, and which finalizer oversees the final...
I think I touched on this in my previous reply. A "strike" qualifier is binary -- yes or no. The strike component of a grade is more fine...
TPGs are usually lagging behind collecting trends rather than trying to push them with regard to grading (labeling is a different story), and this...
Grade just posted on this -- AU55. In to the Prime Number Set it goes along with a few others! 8 coins short of being complete either 1601-1973...
A good point. Does the market appreciate this, however? If you're basically cherrypicking for grade, making the better buy, is it possible to...
This one got me thinking about TPG full strike designations currently used on post-Barber coinage. This one has hammered stars and left corn,...
Re-reading this thread makes me think that putting together a exhibit of the time line of the history of this love token, including everyone that...
Solid 65. Very well struck (full left corn on the reverse, full obverse stars), good eye appeal, scattered little ticks and such on the portrait,...
600 word limit? Gads, Doug blows past that here routinely in a single post. I wonder if this restriction is new since their format changed from...
I usually hit up the ND website when I want some info on colonials. Lots of good stuff there.
He's building a registry set of registry sets.
Edward penny, not sure whether Edward I, II, or III. Do not unbend or it will break.
VAM pricing is tricky, mostly because it's a rather thin market. Attempts have been made to print retail guides in the past, but they were...
Wow! It would appear that an 1802 would go for more than a similarly graded 1792 half disme, but then it also seems that 1802 is far more rare. 2...
"Red Book" varieties are not charged extra at any of the grading services. I don't have one handy at the moment. If it's in the Red Book, then...
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