Thanks for the response. That was my thought. BUT A 2c is labeled as "rare" in my resource. The difference between the 2c and a more common...
Someone in here once nicely took the time to help me ID the variety of a 1900 $1 Lafayette Early Commemorative. Here's another I'm hoping to get...
Picked up a 1900 Lafayette $1 Early Commemorative. I'm very slowly filling in holes in this collection. PCGS MS-63 [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
A second winning bid on Heritage. Same thinking as the Large Cent. Compensated for the higher Buyer's Fee by winning at a lower bid. I'm happy...
Been a while since I bid on Heritage. I was avoiding them because of the higher Buyer's Fee than on Great Collections. BUT I compensated for that...
IMO if you think the coin would grade as labeled, you need to get the ANA Grading Standards Guidebook. The left hand appears to be missing as are...
"Sniping" (bidding at the last moment) is an eBay bidding technique that sometimes works. I'm a "bid early and bid the most you're willing to...
I looked at it again and, yes, I can get some info from it.
Thanks for the response. I had looked at that earlier and that would do for R-1 and R-2 and maybe R-3. But it wouldn't work for R-4 and higher...
My most stupid coin purchases (yes, plural) are buying the same coin more than once because I didn't keep my inventory up to date.
I'm trying to put a value on my collection for insurance purposes. I have a set of Capped Bust Quarters - Variety 2/Reduced Diameter (1831-1838)....
And as an aside, as I was doing this I noticed one feature of Shield Nickels that they are known for -- die cracks. There's a die crack through...
Since coin variety attribution has seemed to grab more than casual interest by me, I thought I might try to make it easier for others too. Right...
Ooo! Ooo! Ooo! As soon as I saw that was a half cent I had to try to ID the variety. I've got it as c C-1 (R-1). I won't try to grade it.
To me the toning is not ugly. BUT It's a type of toning I don't care for. I'm old school. I like blast white.
The Problem: Understanding and recognizing features dealing with large cent physical characteristics used to identify varieties. My Tentative...
Thanks. I'm now working on a system that should(?) make it easier for me to ID the variety of items with a large number of options. I'll set it up...
GOOD GRIEF!!! I've got an 1839 to ID also. Looks to be as tough as the 1838. THEN I went on into the 1840's. 1848 makes the 1838 and 1839 look...
From what I can see the "damage" appears to be just in the fields, not on the devices. That would lead me to think "no" to PVC damage. But I have...
Part of my problem is understanding and identifying some of the variety markers. Here are some I don't have a handle on: -- what does "recutting"...
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