That was a nice bust dollar to go after. The damage is on the reverse and near the rims, so a good looking coin. I've got an interest in bust...
Well, better to have lost than to have overpaid. Sometimes bidders get into a one-upmanship battle, and the coin goes for a ridiculous amount....
17.5% buyer's fee plus shipping. And possibly sales tax depending on where you live. You can avoid the shipping if you happen to be at the...
That is a nice result. Great going! :) So were the 1881-S's different VAMs? Cal
Caution, Will Robinson! Live bidding can be dangerous to your bank balance. :woot: It's all too easy to decide at the last second that a coin is...
Yup, it's the doily ca 1989. Here's the link: http://www.pcgs.com/holders Cal
Link below is to an article by PCGS photographer, Phil Arnold. Interesting technique called focus stacking allows high relief photography that is...
Saw this 1867 two cent on eBay and noticed the "T" in TRUST is barely struck. Filled die? Struck through? Great looking coin though. Now if only...
Yah, sometimes get free resistors when I order LEDs. :) The few coins I've ordered on eBay came with no extra friends. :( Cal
Yup, the Dexter dollar. The one where he stamped a "D" on a cloud on the reverse, and it still got a PR65 from PCGS. No hobgoblins in their...
Joel, You should see if there is a coin club near you. Good chance that some members would be willing to look at your coins and help sort them....
Thanks for the link, but didn't find something that I could use. Problem is with some old Lotus and QuattroPro files. Some old versions of these...
I'd be sure any software you use can save data in a file format that can be read by other programs. The Excel xls format is well known, and...
So, for an incuse design, the metal should flow the other way? Cal
I think some toning is more than a few molecules thick. What do you think would happen to the toning if a toned planchet were struck? Flake-off?...
At times past, and maybe present, things could be rather haphazard at the mint. I can imagine a bin or bag of planchets sitting for months or...
I'm think primarily of silver here, but also of copper. So, is there evidence? If so, how would pre-striking toning be differentiated from...
The coin sold four times at the largest auction house. That means in addition to the catalogers, there were four sellers, four buyers, and lots...
Thanks for the replies. I'm guessing both problems are glitches at NGC. The pictures of the slabs on the Heritage website are quite clear. The...
I was looking at pics of some NGC-certified goloid pattern dollars on the Heritage website and checking cert. nos. Got strange results on a...
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