In case you haven't realized, this is a Ford vs. Chevy, Coke vs. Pepsi, vi vs. Emacs question.
So how close could you come to filling a "Dug Dansco" for the business strike state quarters?
Not sure what you want to know. The reverse mark on the steps could be a planchet defect that wasn't struck out or a hit on the coin after it was...
Only if the result will be a hole shot through the middle of it.
Seems OK. N-26 or N-15 seems plausible based on Grellman. N-13 also possible. Kind of need a sharper picture or better magnification to discern...
Thanks for the clarification. A couple of the broadstruck 45s I saw on eBay didn't have bands. I retract the band-related advice, although it...
I'll say 65 on this one. The obverse had me thinking there could be a touch of rub on Jefferson's shoulder, but there's nothing else on the...
Nice! I'll go with 67. 41-Ds come nice.
Errors can be hard to value, since they're all unique. While I don't deal with errors, I'll take you through my thought process. I see the 1945...
While rainbow toned Lincolns that are both legit and attractive do exist and sell for premiums, the ones you show I would classify as "having a...
I agree that it would grade EF-AU. Composition is silver gilt, so the plating was done at the mint. If the plating were done elsewhere, it would...
Yes. VAM 29A. Too much wear to see the fat die break between the denticles, though. The "evil mimic" to this, VAM 35A, has a similar die crack,...
I wonder if this was an ill-fated alteration gone horribly wrong.
I was just a few years into collecting cheap stuff as a kid and was pretty much priced out of anything silver. I probably could have sold the...
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