The pictures of your coin are not of a high-enough level of detail to be able to discern anything about the digits. If what you have matches the...
You landed in an unfortunate gray area in VAMs. Technically, if the 't' is not visible, it is VAM 3C2, and there ends the short answer. The...
If you're looking for an 1899-dated Morgan dollar, buy an uncirculated 1899-O, as it is a common date. 1899 and 1899-S are better dates that will...
The doubling is pretty strong strike doubling. The pitted coin is probably VAM 3C3. Look to see if you have the double clashed 't' behind the...
You're two coins away from a complete Peace dollar set. The 28 will cost you a couple hundred, and the 28-S much less. I would parlay some of...
First of all, COOL! Now some questions. How long do you want this process to take? Do you want to liquidate some or all of the coins? Would...
These are the same Coin World holders I use for my variety attributions of raw coins.
And the "MS70" designation is a full disclosure of what was used to clean the coin first.
I still use it, but without all the photos you used to be able to view, it's not as useful. Pricing and auction info is still good.
Strike on New Orleans Morgans is pretty good in the earlier years, including 1880. Starting in 1882-3 you start seeing a lot of mediocre strikes....
And the right dot is "pellet dexter." Sadly, I haven't been able to get this terminology to catch on with, well, anybody. I just like to throw...
Yes. Much easier to see that this is an AU58 coin.
Today's photos help. I think the coin would probably grade AU58. Nothing jumps out as being indicative of a no-grade coin. My biggest concern...
Correct. Over $12,000 was raised for him. Classy move by the TPGs here. He was legitimately concerned that looters would get to his safe, which...
63 or 64. It's hard to get a good read on the surfaces, especially Liberty's cheek, from the pictures. I don't think they're good enough for 65....
As long as I didn't overpay, that wouldn't irritate me as much as the fact that last weekend I bought a big bag of guajillo chiles based on...
I'd call it a pair of die breaks, since they're wider than just a crack, with missing die steel evident.
Perhaps, but a DMPL or non-modern cameo proof has much more "wow" factor. I chose 21-S Morgans as an example, because of this coin I bought a...
That depends on how they were prepared. Not all dies are polished to a mirror finish before being put into service. 1921-S Morgans don't exist...
For 1889, the two things to look at are the date position (near, far, normal, slanted) and Liberty's ear to see if there's doubling. There are...
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