By 2010 most issues were ruined with this laser-etching method of frosting. Below are the images from my post back in 2012 on the NGC forums that...
It's hard to think that I "read" too much into your words Doug when you stated "The Potosi mint mark, is even the source of our dollar sign -...
Doug, this has been debated in scholarly articles for years, and there is no agreement as to the origin of the dollar sign. Last I read the...
You should be able to pretty easily write a perl script that would systematically chug through the PCGS cert look up page and record all of the...
I voted "NO" from the first set of pics -- if the 2nd are closer to its real look, then I'd vote "maybe". I have never seen a coin that's a "sure...
I suppose this belongs here: [IMG]
Really impossible to tell from those pics. Looks AU58/MS62 to me. A very hard issue to grade from pictures, and a very hard grade-range to boot....
No denying that Matte Proof Lincolns are super sexy coins. Stunning workmanship. :cool:
My 3rd example of this CWT, but I can't control myself when I see a nice example for such a good price. :) [IMG]
The dragon on William Wallace's helmet and the detail in the beard and cloak on the obverse are stunning in hand (Gulielmus Vallas = William...
65RB
These kinds of errors crack me up when they are assigned numerical grades. But, given what I've seen, it looks all of "gem" MS65 to my eye.
A new farthing token. [IMG]
A trio from my collection: [IMG] [IMG] [IMG]
Holy Brillo pad... :eek:
Strike is fantastic, and I see plenty of luster under the toning. Nice circ-cameo look to my eye... I know lots think the toning break down the...
I also have a 12/297...I couldn't find the pictures before, but here's my example (I hunted down the pics). [IMG]
In order, I believe you have there Fuld die pairs of: 189 (draped flags, UNION banner) / 399 (Star of David) 12 (capped Liberty) / 297 (Army &...
PCGS CoinFacts and TrueView images are notoriously red-shifted. I have never seen one that isn't. So, your images look much more faithful to the...
XF/AU Details: Cleaned and dipped out... :(
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