Hey Satootoko - nice find ya got there ;) Must say - most of the Asian coinage never held much interest for me. But those dragons - now...
Howdy maxieldulce - Welcome to the Forum !! To be able to post pics here you either have to have the pics on your own web site or use the...
The odds of it even being one of the restrikes are about a zillion to one. The pic is too blury to be able to tell.
Now what fun would it be if we always agreed on everything ? :D
As a general rule - the marketplace does not place much confidence - which can be translated as value - in the grading ability of PCI. For the...
Works for me - go for it ;)
Howdy ndgoflo - haven't seen you here in a while ;) As you say - scanning does a poor job of depicting luster. But it does a good job of...
Well I guess I'm going to be the dissenting opinion on this one. The coin does not appear to have been cleaned to me. But it does appear to have...
I have never even heard of an MS69 Morgan in any of the better grading companies' slabs. But what I have heard of is this - there are certain...
There may yet be hope - got a techie coming to visit tomorrow to try and get my main box back in working order ;)
Don't know about that - I just have a memory that well - works most of the time :D
I would have to say that - by whatever method - the coin has been cleaned. Look at the obverse and reverse both, in particular Liberty and the...
Two different coins Nd. The coin Bowers mentions was discovered back in the early '90s and graded VF30. The coin I mentioned is graded AU55. To...
About the only way to get fairly accurate retail pricing for coins is to search the realized auctions results. Ebay is by far the easiest, then...
I buy my coins in just about any venue you can think of - auctions, live and on-line, dealers, friends, other collectors, ads, coin shows - if...
The coin is not from the Denver mint - it is a Philadelphia coin. Nd - Bowers mentions a solitary coin in one of his books with similar...
I think you'll find that all business strike cents prior to '98 have these characteristics. In was only in '98 and after that the change was made.
See why I like havin him around - he always remembers the things I forget :D
As for a new holder for the ASE - get yourself an AirTite - cost you about $1. It's basically the same holder as Mint issue. Just a little...
The Walker - MS64 - $65 - $70 The Morgan - MS63 - $25 - $30 The Proof ASE - PF69 DCAM - $30 - $35 And yes - that is a good example of cameo.
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