How about a "half dime" from a year when none were issued? [IMG] Edge seems too smooth for a clip, but no sign of cutting either.
And from the pics I would say he's right.
I seriously doubt that you will get an attractive certified MS half dime for your stated budget. You can probably get a beat up MS 60 to 61, but...
Back in the day, nice bust half dollars were available for basically nothing. Even the 1815 (the "star" of the series) was well under a 100...
Which would you enjoy more? The coin or the 225 bucks? If the former, then it would be a good buy for YOU to make...if the later, then it would...
Coin was what? 30 bucks or so? Refund her and forget about it...not worth the drama.
I bid my max when I see it and forget about it. By the same token, I really don't care if I could possibly have gotten it a few dollars cheaper...
And thus, the problem with grading from photos rather than in hand. The pics make the coin look lightly circulated; in hand, it very well may be...
The 1840s are "no motto". If he's seeking a type piece as stated in his sig they wouldn't work. As for the 2 above my preference would be the 1871.
What is needed much more than a Blocked Buyers list is a Blocked Sellers list so that their (damaged, overgraded, counterfeit, etc.)crap doesn't...
What an XF\AU Type 1 SLQ looks like after 50 years as a pocket piece... [IMG] [IMG] Why? Because this is the coin that got me hooked on the...
Pan-Pacific? Sure, let's put out a coin commemorating the fact that a commemorative coin was issued.
The problem with Alexander Graham Bell making a phone call 100 years ago is that so did many others. Bell patented his telephone in 1876 or 139...
Especially if it's bad news. I'll know not to buy fresh bananas.
Prayers out to his family. Jay was a friend and mentor.
If you know that you are not selling them in the near future then there is little reason to slab them. By the same token, if you know that you...
The problem with market grading is that dealers want to price their coins based on the bumped up market grade and still charge a premium for eye...
Between airfare, car rentals, hotels, food, etc. I am sometimes out a grand or so, but I turn shows into mini vacations with my wife.
Not, IMO, planchet flaws. It appears that the blank was fed through the Castaing machine at an angle causing the edge lettering to extend over...
Every coin I own is currently raw. Many of them were bought that way; others were bought in slabs. Why? Because I prefer them that way...Me,...
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