I sent seller a polite message explaining why it is fake: a full gram underweight; bad dentils, bad stars, ribbon tips too long, fat puffy date...
I won her in a Heritage Auction in April 2008. Selling my late father's collection about a year earlier sparked my interest in coins especially...
Gerry Fortin has a nice consignment of proof seated dimes on his site. I don't have many dimes or half dimes... they're so small!.... but I...
I was looking for a bust half that had the "fresh out of the mint" look without costing a fortune, more or less as a type coin, and one that I...
I have a friend who has a small facebook auction platform. He mostly sells moderns and bullion coins, but when this showed up I couldn't resist....
I have a raw example in my set that is about a fine with a nice CircCam look, but realized I "needed" a higher grade example. So I recently...
I'd appreciate your opinions on these 2 1840 seated dollars. first, which do you prefer, and why? (the "why" is important) second, what do you...
I informed the seller about this obvious fake, (wrong reverse, and other problems too numerous to list); he thanked me but has not taken it down....
https://www.ebay.com/itm/184862737597 obvious fake, terrible details and wrong rev. to boot. I messaged the seller and included the link to the...
It would sound a lot like Homer Simpson tumbling down a boulder strewn hillside.... [ATTACH]
About a week ago, I noticed this trade dollar at auction on eBay....
A capped bust half in ANACS OWH. Fairly thick toning. Slab says O-105. White lines are on the slab. Have fun! [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I really like the toning on this one, mainly gold with some steel-blue inside the rims best seen when rotating under a light. There is plenty of...
would you pay for a coin? I recently paid about 7.5x pcgs guide for a coin that I "needed." Granted, it's less than 4 figures, but still, the...
I recently bought this IHC for type. I like it a lot. Guess the grade, and if you think it merited a green bean or not. I'll post the grade...
I enjoy reading Gerry Fortin's daily blog on a regular basis. Today's blog has a section on his experience over time with pcgs/ngc grading and...
hints: straight graded by PCGS. I don't own any MS bust halves. [IMG][IMG]
O108a, with the heavy die clashes. A difficult coin to image, as the die clashes reflect light at odd angles, and there is a big die bulge to the...
I was browsing the eBay trade dollar listings, as I do of an evening, and spotted what looked like the 1877-S FS 801, a rare variety with doubling...
A ways back I made a cheapo axial lighting setup, using a tilted sheet of glass to reflect light straight down on the coin, with the camera lens...
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