Trust your gut instincts, they're often smart enough to tell you the truth without your being easily able to put it into words. That coin - fake...
I'd say VF details, possibly lightly dipped, possibly bad lighting. Other than that, very clean-looking. I have nothing on value, but I would...
I need to raise cash for a purchase or I wouldn't be selling these. One decent piece, two nice pieces, and two fantastic ones, IMHO. Five day...
Some of the appearance of luster could also be from the heavy flowlining which is always seen in this late die state. Your photos do make the...
1807 C1, MDS 3.0. Details of VF-30, cleaned & recolored, net F-15. A flat strike is mostly normal on 1807, even moreso one from the latest die...
That is a nice-looking coin, and awful familiar-looking to boot - did it come out of the Heritage sale of the Kochel collection last year? He had...
Try this and this. Seriously, that wasn't too hard, was it?
The C9 is a neat variety. Even though it's one of the two most-common 1794s, that isn't saying much. I'd be proud to show mine off, but I don't...
Well, with that kind of budget you should be able to get a decent XF or exceptionally attractive VF. A reputable dealer in early copper is your...
If you're looking for an inexpensive 1790s half cent, the two things I'd suggest you keep your eyes open for are 1797 C1 (1 over 1) and 1794 C7,...
My show recap is here, pictures with more information are here (the pics between the threads are the same, the information is different), and...
The effort counts for a lot, as do the intentions.
The Joy of Teaching about Our Hobby! I found this post on "The Joy of Teaching about Our Hobby!" interesting and have nominated it accordingly...
The sad thing is that 10k wouldn't get me more than one coin if I stuck to the hard-to-get ones I'm missing, and with only a month it would...
Don't do that. Take your pictures at as high a resolution you are able. Crop at high res then resize in software. You'll end up with better...
The Chapman brothers' auction of the F. R. Alvord collection. It's actually a later reprint, not an original. The originals are expensive. I...
If you're using a small, (relatively) cheap point-n-shoot, even if stability isn't your problem this time a tripod or, better yet, a small copy...
I have a fair sized collection of older catalogs, mostly 1975-date. A few back in to the 50s and earlier (my earliest is 1926). Some are...
Yeah, I probably wasn't gone but I may have been out to lunch with my wife and son. They came to pick me up and we went to Buddy's for pizza &...
Well, I would certainly disagree with your grades. This is how I grade them... VG8 net G4 average VG8 net AG3 average- VG8 net G5 scudzy...
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