I will be there Thursday all day and Friday morning for all your coin imaging needs. Stop by table #805 (JMS Coins).
If you want to know what's rare, look at the population reports from the grading services. They'll show you both absolute and conditional rarity.
Yes. Machine/strike doubling.
A written description, like photos, can have a positive, negative, or neutral influence on my bidding.
With the lid still on my coffin. ;)
If you want a doable challenge, fill your Lincoln Cent Dansco with "BIE" die chips for the entire 1950s.
MS63 VAM 18
Not digging the color, but I'll give you the benefit of the doubt and assume it's problem-free. It looks like it would grade VG, and the surfaces...
64PL and 65, only because you said Todd was wrong, because his was my first guess.
Some combination of steam and freeze spray will get you through most of the adhesives sealing these boxes. Buy the coins so you can enjoy them,...
This is one of the things I'll tell people to poke with a stick when they think they have something special. If it gives, it's a bubble. Could...
Probably a nasty 1888.
The edges of the devices, lettering, &c., are protected against wear and surface contaminants that would retard, interrupt, or remove toning.
Real fake. [ATTACH]
AU53. I don't see anything damning regarding a cleaning. VAM 141 can be found with PL fields, and this looks like a lightly circulated PL coin....
No, but these add-ons that have almost no cost to the grading service are keeping the grading prices from going up faster. If they couldn't sell...
As I've said in the past, I'm thankful for people that pay up for this stuff, as it subsidizes the services I actually use.
Then I have to as what are the grandfather's expectations as far as what happens with the coins in the future? Does he expect they will...
I buying for non-collectors, you want something that really looks good. I could make a case for buying higher grade generics, like 80-S in 66PL,...
There are actually many VAMs listed for 1921. Only a couple are worth a premium. I can't tell from the picture which yours is, but it is not VAM...
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