We fish just below a Fishing club, the continental divide and Denver/ Boulder drinking water. That is a huge fish, but not as big as they get....
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That little pipsqueak that I posted about 12 years ago catching his first fish from the river. [ATTACH] That little kid just took his first...
Silver and clad coinage are different. Silver being a softer metal a good solid strike often obliterates the roller marks on rough planchets. They...
Here is another new purchase labeled an SMS. This one looks like a coin with specially prepared dies and planchets. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Interesting, the striations and the QC designation have nothing in common. I have never seen in hand a Morgan that had heavily striated surfaces....
Ps Back to the original coin. The dealer called it an SMS, he couldn't recall if it came out of a SMS set or came in in a collection.
I have a couple of Ikes, just the same Larry. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] and a Quarter. This only shows the striations on the obv. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
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The variety is rare, I know dealers and collectors alike that look for them constantly. Any Buffalo enthusiast knows the variety exists.
Looking at hair curls, bust details, the EPU ribbon, wing tips. the details are there for at least an XF40 maybe 45. I am at 35 details. Also,...
The 3 1/2 legs is a much rarer coin than the 3 legs. It's an enthusiast's coin. The last one to hit auction was an XF40 for 3850. The hype isn't...
Looks to me like it is in the planchet, an occluded gas bubble?
I seem to recall the most on Jeffersons I will look into it. That is if I remember right. Wait Wait. Here is one....
There is a roller machine that flattens the planchets to the proper thickness before they are punched from the strips into planchets. If the metal...
You crossing that one over? I will admit I have read images wrong before. Could be the luster, but everything looks fat on the OBV. Get some...
Yeah I know... I lean to the rims more than the surfaces, It's a hell of a strike, but the rims are paper thin. The striated planchet, could be a...
Good stuff ddddd!
I have quit a few coins that I can't Photo the way I see them. That blue has bothered me only in the photos, the slab does not stand out in any...
Its not the Slab It is the coin. And that is why it is apart of my NGC no lone sets. Don't you have coins that are plenty better than you can capture?
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