Ibberson's
Some close-ups, with a small scale of 1 mm for reference [IMG] [IMG]
I got around to taking my own versions of images of this coin tonight. Below are the shots. I had the disadvantage of imaging it through...
I will send you a PM. :)
I can't find much information about this particular issue so far. I did find reference to the coin / design in a 1765 work indexed on Google...
Yes, the city on the reverse is Stuttgart.
It is listed on the NGC holder as: (1740-1760) Germany Silver 2 Ducat Wurttemburg-Stuttgart Klippe I have been researching a bit what the...
Yesterday (Tuesday, June 17) I received the early bird notice from CRO around 10:59am. Usually I'm not somewhere where I can take a look at the...
I almost always snipe at whatever I feel to be a fair bid. I "set it and forget it". If I don't win, then oh well, there will be another coin...
Just an FYI: I'm pretty sure eBay got rid of the "front and back of the holder" rule sometime last year. The current rules no longer include...
IT's completely authentic...and that's a mighty decent looking Carolus III 8 Reales. Someone got a very nice deal on that one IMO. Has a lot of...
It is because of posts like this one by TomB that I wish there were a "love" button. Very concise and completely spot on! :cool:
Are you sure? CAC doesn't sticker ancients. :D :eek:
1814 Brazil 960 Reis, overstruck on 1806(?) Santiago (Chile) 8 Reales [IMG] [IMG] And the Santiago under-mint-mark: [IMG]
The most important thing in coin grading in consistency, not strictness. If the same company can't call the same coin the same numerical grade...
1824 50C, PCGS MS68 (Ex Simpson) [img]
You don't seem to be having problems with this, but another common problem people have with coin photographs is that the sensor and the flat...
Beyond a certain point, macro lenses are diffraction limited. That is, there is a sweet spot of sharpness beyond which you do not want to stop...
I also like high grade coins, but I don't like to pay insane money for them. I'm willing to pay up for a great coin, but I purchased the coin...
Between NGC and PCGS, there are more than 450 graded examples of the 1880-S in MS68. There are 10 graded MS69 between the two companies. More...
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