Nice. Yeah, that falls into the "desirable artwork" category. :)
I have to agree with you. I wonder, looking at the serifs atop the W and U, if they didn't see what looks to me like an "additional" curve and...
In my opinion? Likely.
Me, too. Some really beautiful work was done on these, and they're usually contemporary and as such a bit of history in themselves. One always...
/raises hand Another consideration is, the coin could have been dipped past the point of recovery. I won't call it such based on one set of...
A Modern coin worn all the way into the rims would receive the same consideration as a Classic - a mark like that is generally considered...
Counterfeit law is written to specifically include intent, in order to protect those innocent of active participation in the process. People who...
"Why" is because someone had too much time on their hands. :) Seriously. These were commonly created, as "love tokens" or commemorations of...
This would be the longest thread on the Forum if we did it right. Few generalizations exist regarding counterfeits, because they're produced by a...
This is important. The good coins aren't on the market for more than a few days. Even if the surfaces weren't problematic - which they plainly...
At least DC knows how to get the rivets right on an SLQ. :)
NYC, these days, is possibly the safest city of its' size in the world. I feel safer on Manhattan than I do in my own neighborhood. :)
Honestly, I was wondering just_a_bit about the rims - seemed like it was struck so hard in the collar that the reeding impacted the whole rim in...
That coin sold for $2200 during the Newman auction, and again for right at $2k a year ago. Between the appearance and pedigree, yeah, I'd throw...
Roots Fest? I had the day off, and usually walk Downtown on one of my days off - can't go two days without exercise at the level of conditioning I...
If that's FS-105 (I think it is; I see what looks like the scratch in front of the lips and the gouge between NI in UNITED), the TPG's actually...
Logic dictates surfaces that nice, and toning so subtle, mean it's almost certainly not original. All the same, I'd still fight you for it. :)...
Even though it's an NGC slab?
Hey, can we bury the hatchet?
Poster child for "serif splitting." :D
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