I'd put the Jeff at 5.4, but those pics look like majorly juice-o-matic!
Agree with @Chris B : so long as you like it at the price you were willing to pay that’s all that really matters.
I couldn’t give two spits what NGC calls it, that doesn’t make it right. Open a dictionary.
I’d say you paid pretty strong money for it. Was it a BIN or an actual auction?
Where are we going? Someone of your “sophistication” should know better than to make blanket statements as you did, and should know that...
Provenance is the correct word, not pedigree. Unless you know of someone who has spawned the coins in their collection. Precision in language is...
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Pedigree (or more appropriately provenance) is irrelevant for scoring. The toning should speak for itself.
All superb coins. You're going to have a hard time topping this year I think. Those Ex. Watts and Boulton pieces are superb and unique. Congrats!
Gorgeous coin! I love Essai issues, and this one is superb!
Secondary toning can be quite beautiful. I'm at 3.8
Great Britain: [IMG]
Something is off with the colors on the Pan-Pac (particularly the obverse). I'm at 4.5. Pretty but not monster.
I’m confused. You never said any of this (re-engraved or damaged) in your initial post, so how were we to know what you were talking about?
Lady Godiva tokens are very popular. I only have this one - a 1792 example: [IMG]
On the 70-S I'm at 2.9.
@Morgandude11 What is this coin commemorating? I haven't seen this design before, and I'm having a hard time figuring out if the guy on the...
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Smartest decision I've seen come out of Florida in a very long time. There are more important things than coin shows (GASP!)...
No matter what their self-written bios say, this is far too small a team of “experts” to have any hopes of them being able to properly or...
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