Nice!
This is a giveaway on the Collectors Universe forums for four silver Washington quarters from the 1940s. Details on that thread. Since I do most...
Very handsome medal. I'm envious, since I am a maternal descendant of JQA. I do have a coin pedigreed to his collection off at NGC right now....
As @Randy Abercrombie indicated, it's pretty apparent it was once holed for jewelry or a similar purpose (many of these were). But the metal...
Ya think? :p
Wow, another one- and it’s a Low Relief. Cool.
I’m sure I picked up “lusterbomb” on the PCGS forums, now that you mention it. The membership there had its own lingo- there was even a “Forum...
Thank you for the suggestion! Also for the LOTR nerdspeak. ;) Here’s an extra entry for you, to perhaps appease the Random Number Gods. (I’ve...
Hmm. That double rim on the reverse does look unusual. But… nahhh… it still looks OK to me, overall? (shrugs)
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There’s an angle I never considered. Woulda fooled me, is all I’d say if that turned out to be the case. Then again… I did mention I’d never...
Just look up, above your post. ;)
Except I can’t remember if I did or not. I might’ve absorbed it from somebody else.
Great pickup at the price! Lotsa bang for the buck, there.
This coin was the subject of a GTG (“guess the grade”) thread. The majority guessed MS64, despite the challenges presented by my substandard...
20 votes in the poll now, so it’s time for the reveal. Here is the unredacted GIF image. It was not shot under ideal lighting conditions, but...
So the story of this coin in the OP goes like this, at least as I remember it: @Randy Abercrombie and I were walking along on the bourse floor at...
Ooh, that’s a sweetie. Luster and a touch of color, too!
Sometimes a niche thing will fetch a premium, but admittedly, this is not one of those situations.
Thanks for that detailed analysis, and sorry my mediocre photog skills weren’t quite up to the challenges presented by this one.
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