The funny thing is, when I first saw the obverse picture, I was thinking 81-O or 81-P. The luster wasn't quite flashy enough for a gem 81-S. The...
I'm going to dissent about the grade and say 64. I don't think there's enough "creamy" cheek on this for a 65. There appears to be a lot of...
Yeah, B&H sells a few used ones for roughly $130, but it looks like you can easily beat that on eBay. Make sure you get the one with the...
The Nikon DR-6 right angle viewer looks like a good option for your application. There are others that are less expensive, but get mixed reviews.
Manual focus is the rule for me too, and I don't know of an exception. I don't use the Live View to focus, either. I look through the eyepiece....
Nice stuff! The 58+ quarter is probably worth 64 money because of the "everyman" sets. (Irony much?) The trade dollar is about as tastefully...
I also bought a Henry VI groat recently, and I think in 2018. To narrow down the date a bit, yours appears to be S-1877 (Spink catalog number),...
And the term "plate" referred to a photographic glass plate that was used to print the page rather than a plate of set type. You physically...
From Rick's book regarding the 64 L S11, "This variety seems to be only moderately scarce. A few are known graded as high as MS65RB."
That's what I thought at first, but the ends of the horizontal strokes are split. I need to study it more.
Most purchases for my Prime Number Set are going to be unexpected now, as I just need the right coin to come along at the right price with the...
It's easiest to see on the upper horizontal strokes of the upper Chinese character.
Just got these two for the set. [IMG] This one has a nice doubled die reverse. [IMG]
My US New Year's newp is a 1893-CC Morgan (VAM 4) with one of the Cs of the mint mark filled with schmutz. I've seen this before on this die pair,...
I was first thinking 1796 Rev. of 97 was a possibility, but couldn't find a smoking gun one way or another.
It's the wrong reverse hub for 78-CC. Definitely fake.
I imagine I knew about this because I saw it in The Numismatist or a show exhibit, and the smooshed look of the OP's coin reminded me of what I saw.
It's a practice called mast stepping, dating back to ancient Rome.
This could actually have been placed under a ship mast for good luck at one time.
Conversely, who had a railroad to put one of these on back then?
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