Is that wear at the ear, temple, and cheekbone? I would've thought so, but I see the same effect on Photograde's MS63 image. Even if not, I wonder...
Well, it's an error in judgement to plate a coin gold like that, but it's certainly not a mint error.
Wow. If you really see that as a 3, I guess there just isn't much more to say. (Well, I might go over the difference between Shift and Caps Lock,...
eBay, of course. :) Oddly enough, although dateless SLQs are usually worn enough to be 5-10% underweight, they usually still trade a bit above...
Looks like a pretty clear shadow of a 4 to me. Oddly, I just got what I think is a similarly-faint 24-S in a batch of "dateless" SLQs yesterday.
Yep, that's a beauty!
DON'T EVER clean silver coins with baking soda! Even though that dollar looks like it's been cleaned before, and it's probably damaged from being...
In addition to the heavy wear, I'm seeing signs of cleaning and/or damage on some of them. Even in that state, though, Barbers can bring a bit...
Well, that does boost my confidence in my eBay-calibrated valuation skills. :) (In other words, the eBay user community arrived at about the same...
I wouldn't see it as $13.38 per half. I'd see it as $9/half as a base price -- if you've got a source for non-slick Barber halves at melt, I'd...
Oh, you can still lose. :) But if you're prudent, yes, Buyer Protection greatly widens your opportunities.
Well, I suppose you could flatten the baseball novelties, too. Gives a whole new meaning to the old term "vise job"... :)
Excellent point. Sellers like this one are actually putting more money in eBay's pocket at the expense of the buyer! For the same reason, I...
THAT would be dissolving silver in nitric acid, which is A Bad Thing, unless you need silver nitrate more than you need the coin. (I did exactly...
Dunno. Is it the same "process" if Grampa left his bag of Morgans in the attic for 60 years instead of in the basement? Is it the same "process"...
Back to the lab, Doc. But as long as he's being up-front about what he did, my only objection is "well, there's another common-date coin trashed".
I can't vouch for the company, but I can vouch that an "untrusted connection" message doesn't necessarily indicate an untrustworthy business. It...
So, am I the only one who sees this as a cheesy gimmick? Will they sell it in a case with a button that plays "Take Me Out to the Ball Game"?
Yeah, I actually thought about those numbers. I'd had "0.1% to 0.5%" at first, and thought that was too generous. The other problem is that I...
I'd add one meta-observation, one which I hope is true: Doug's discussion of learning how to grade may make it seem like an overwhelming...
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