Yep. Learning to grade is mandatory... and what better place to learn than Morgans ? Personally, I like Jim Halperin's book "How to Grade US...
Awesome book. A classic.
I don't think it's artificially toned. That light toning around the rim is typical. There are hundreds of thousands of white Morgans which have...
This is an excellent thread for discussing "weak strike" in more depth. There are two ways to talk about a coin's strike - absolute and...
I prefer a few nice coins to a mountain of lesser ones. I go for proof type coins. Got some pretty cool ones.
I've looked very, very closely, and I THINK I see a subtle problem with this coin... The 1979 side has been polished. ;) A pity, on such a...
6 zeroes in the price... ... and one zero in his feedback score. :rolling:
Because it's not an 1893-S. And here's what's really high-larious... the 2x2 says MS64. I'm "honing my grading skills", and assuming it's...
There are only two things on that slab that mean anything : "1946" and "10c". One can ALMOST count on them getting that much right . Here are...
In my case, yes. But that is minor, and I would ignore it if not for one major problem - difficulty in resolving problems, coupled with the...
Congrats ! Nice work. AU50. Darn good strike on a notoriously poorly struck series.
I have lived in the US for 48 years and, to my knowledge, have never one time had a USPS letter fail to reach its destination, nor have I failed...
A great man once said "All generalities are bad." :D But seriously, stainless... beware of these sort of generalities. For example, many...
Could be a lamination error. Maybe a strike through error. Either way, errors are not VAMs and VAMs are not errors.
I'm no specialist on CC issues, but I've seen a number of coins (particularly fractional Seateds) with very strange mintmarks. Widely seperated,...
...and not the basic over-dip, like we often see. These coins were outright scrubbed.
In Soviet Russia... LOL Best I've seen in a while ! I just love that obverse... walking joyfully into the sunshine of the Age of Collective...
Dude ! Fabulous ! :thumb: Also... the ones which look so different at different angles exemplify why it's necessary to hold certain coins in...
Awesome deals. MS67 stuff with book value $45,000 for less than $40. [/sarcasm]
Yep. Is anybody really concerned they will break down your door and take your $3 Princess for melt value ? I'm certainly not. I'm more...
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