That's a pretty cool "naked eye" variety. It would seem to be a delamination of the die that caused this before the die was placed into service.
This.
64. VAM 1A. Very heavy die polishing lines on both sides. Easily the most interesting 1903 variety. Nice luster, especially for a 1903. I...
The answer is quite simple. Because people enjoy it. There are as many different types of collections as there are collectors, each with their...
Absolutely not true. If you don't follow the instructions for posting pictures or mess something up, then you may be admonished, but mostly by...
Glad you like the result!
Just a filled, worn S mint mark. New Orleans wasn't online until 1879.
Just once, I'd like to see someone ask this question and have a genuine coin.
The thing is, I prefer the view a stereoscope gives over a Live View image. It's sharper, there's no latency in an imaging chain to get it...
The seller keyword spammed Manfrotto and Bogen. I hope what you get is decent.
Nice shopping list. I toy around with the idea of putting together something like this for shooting varieties under high magnification, where I...
I'm using a 200 mm AF Micro-Nikkor on my camera most of the time, 105 mm for larger items. If you have an APS-C sensor, however, I wouldn't...
210xxxxx seems to be November-December 2001. This abrupt transition from 037xxxxx to 210xxxxx is what I was talking about when I mentioned that...
OK, no sooner did I say that than I picked up a blue labeled "Series/Coin" holder with barcode on back, and it has a 7-digit cert with no leading...
Officially, there's no way to find this out, and I don't understand the reasoning behind that. How is someone going to leverage "this was graded...
No, I didn't ask you, if that's what you mean.
All I could say from the pictures is that it's at least PR65. Grades higher than that, especially PR68, need to be examined in hand. That era of...
1909 VDB 1c MS63, 1892 Barber 25c AU58 with dark, colorful reverse toning, 1957 50c PR64CAM in the good PCI holders. A few Morgan dollars, and...
Come to think of it, there probably is a strong negative correlation between an event's "showness" and the good value of the food.
The "VAMSlab" link above is outdated. The name of the service is Variety Slabbing Service. While the specialties are Morgan and Peace dollars...
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