55 but I can see it as 58 also. This one would probably get some TPG love in the grading room.
Great little book even if you're not into Spanish Colonial coinage. Lots of stuff on shipwrecks because that's where a lot, if not most, of our...
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I view most of these GTG exercises as primarily an opportunity to learn something about the coin series and to hone my own grading skills. In...
@kanga, I think the label attribution of Newman 4-E is correct. Whitman's Encyclopedia of Colonial and Early American Coins lists the 4-E as...
Huge Heritage auction of Atocha cobs coming up. Many other cobs in this auction also....
Primary sources: Heritage GC DLRC Gerry Fortin FUN Shows Secondary sources: Legend Stacks-Bowers APMEX Liz Coggin Northeast Numismatics West...
Picked up this nothing-very-special 1790 Half Reale coin of the Mexico City Mint at my Local Coin Club meeting last week. This coin is about the...
I'm a 2 as you can deduce from the brevity of this reply. Seriously, I am active in my local coin club, make acquaintances and friends at coins...
No, wrong side of the country geographically speaking.
I'm thinking XF-40
Well, it's in focus and that's more than I can say of many on-line and auction listings. Now, is the color accurate? The "steelie" look is a...
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MS-66 with a Green Bean. Very nice coin. It has a few tiny nicks but in today's grading environment, I think it got a solid 66 from the TPG and...
In an ideal world, my preference is for home invaders to never appear but you present a false choice. If home invaders break down your door, they...
Guns are cleaned with chemicals that leave a residue on the metal surfaces. Then the guns are lubricated. Guns are often stored with their...
1881 was the only calendar year when three different presidents held office: Rutherford B. Hayes finished his term on March 4th, succeeded by...
Definitely a cold pour. So, some questions pointing to things to look at: 1) How are you measuring temperature? The melt temperature...
I was thinking AU-55 to 58. Not very good at grading gold but what looks like wear in the hair and in several locations on the reverse has me at...
I don't know. I suppose if I had been the original submitter and they'd erred, they would fix it for "free" although I suspect I'd have to pay...
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