Most people do not know how to grade. He's getting the uneducated who think they're getting a great deal buying "prooflike" dollars for 20 to 25...
AU, hate to say it, but it's been cleaned and probably dipped a long time ago. That's why it's still raw.
There appears to be minor repunching on the last 6, but that's not a premium variety. The coin is AU, but dipped and cleaned, with some rim...
Thanks, I'll let JD know. He and I had a conversation about this some time ago. Neither of us were quite sure, except he recalled being told...
Tres cool, as the French say.
I thought they were gonna do it, or was that just a rumor?
Hi Fred, it's Craig. Holy crapoly, 27 degrees?!? Is that plus/minus or the range? Any idea of when that tol came in to being? BTW, how you...
If you;re interested in patterns, take a look at the http://uspatterns.com/ website run by Andy Lustig and Saul Teichman. Ton of info there.
BINGO! Do your research before you try to hit the "slab lottery." A quick google would have shown you that these are extremely rare, so your...
Nice pick, couple corrosion spots, but that's pretty typical. Get a book on grading (ANA or Photograde) and grade while you're searching. You'll...
Show him auction results for 1880-S Morgans in MS60 to 63 from StacksBowers and Heritage. "Brilliant Uncirculated" is an old nonsense grading...
You could send it in to NCS for solder removal. It might then be slabbed as VF Details Cleaned/Solder or something similar. Value?...
Have you no sense of adventure and learning? I posted it to see who would put on their thinking caps. It's a 19th century electrotype of an...
There are very few modern electrotype copies. I’ve only seen, perhaps, a dozen or so. Once you know what 19th century pieces look like, they’re...
Winner, winner, chicken dinner. They are 19th century electrotypes. Pretty good ones, too. What gives them away is the stray lumps, especially...
What “feels” odd about them? (You’re getting warmer.)
Yes, that’s very rare, 3 known, as I noted previously. No one has a guess to the riddle? I’ll give you another hint: I own the piece, which is...
Yes, I own it. Bought it last March out of a major copper auction.
Not a restrike, guess again.
Works for the PA House. Pot meet kettle.
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