I appreciate the responses. Since I posted I've been doing some research and while certainly not definitive nor expert, I've drawn some tentative...
What are the community's thoughts regarding the safety of those cardboard coin storage boxes sold through Wizard and CoinSupplyExpress? These are...
OK, here's a few spanning Colonial, Revolutionary, Pre-Federation and Early Mint. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]...
Coin is currently at $8056.44. Interestingly, there is another 1857-S, but a shipwreck coin in NGC MS-65 in a week later auction that is listed...
On Greysheet, there's only a $50 difference between PF-65 and PF-66; $390 to $440. I don't think it's worth going for an upgrade economically...
The representation of the shield on the reverse of many of our coins is derived from the shield in the Great Seal of the United States. Below is...
Mistakes happen at the TPG. It can happen from ignorance, sloppiness, negligence, hurriedness, etc. It pays to check the coin versus what's on...
It probably wouldn't grade higher. I have no idea if the slab has any value. Nice coin.
Not just 1829 but all the die varieties of all the dates, 1829-1837. I don't ever expect to get them all since there are a few R-7s that even in...
Of course. If I ever start to take myself too seriously, I just look in the mirror and if that doesn't work then I just ask my lovely bride to...
I am the temporary custodian of these coins as they will live beyond my passing. I never post a coin that is not mine without stating that it...
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In a recent thread by @kanga regarding a nice 1829 half dime with a cud, I offered a die marriage attribution which elicited some fun comments on...
LMAO! @CoinCorgi does not disappoint.
The OP's raw coin that he is considering purchasing looks to be the BB-155 die marriage. First thing to check re authenticity is the die marriage...
$15,500 including the BP.
In my first post on the attribution, I typed a 2 when I meant to type a 3. Finger or brain fault.
Well, as to attribution: The reverse shield of Randy's coin clearly shows three pale gules. There are only three reverses of 1829 that...
Ooh! I like that cud. It's a LM-2 die marriage, rarity 2, and many of these do not have the cud which develops late in the striking of this die...
@ldhair, yes that is the Huge 0 variety, Obverse of 1839, Reverse of 1838-O. Kam Ahwash calls it Obverse 7, Reverse 7. Fortin calls it F-108,...
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