Love the bust coinage.
The best thing about this is that you are looking at your pocket change. That is a very good thing. I remember in the 80's, I used to find 40%...
You might want to get on the auction list for places like Heritage, Goldberg, Stacks, and Bowers. The big 4 usually will have quality pattern...
I have heard good things about the Goldbergs. They are coin guys who genuinly love numismatics and are well informed.
Its a very nice whizzed AU58.
I think AU58
Very nice coin. I love the design .
Very nice! I like it.
Solid AU55, very nice eye appeal, I love barber coinage.
They are probably over at ICG. LMAO!!!!:high5: Didn't half the graders defect over there and vice versa. They should have just done a merger and...
1899 Morgan NGC 64 Morgan
The chance of going mad is very real, but its well worth it. ,but then again, I'm already there.
Let us know if you find any RPMs or other die varieties. Would be a good way to spend some time with a magnifier and Lincoln die variety books....
"Those highlighted areas could just as (or more) easily represent those which didn't tone as deeply as the periphery. That is not at all unusual...
I agree, plastic is a storage device. Learn how to grade first and buy the coin first and not the plastic. Having said that, in some cases the...
Bonedigger: I agree that most of the cleaning on bust coinage has taken place 1970+. having said that, Commercial grading has evolved to take eye...
Valid points, but the fact still remains that grading services give certain series like Bust Halves alot of slack on coins that have been cleaned...
Au53, I would not call it cleaned, but then again, so many bust halves have been cleaned and have naturally retoned very nicely. In my...
If he wrote you back a rude email "flying off the handle", then you should not respond and move on, or if you feel adventurous, say this: " I...
"I have a small gun safe under my truck seat. It's attached to the seat frame with a cable and I use it to store my pistol if I go into a place...
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