Chanting "Anál nathrach, orth' bháis's bethad, do chél dénmha," usually does the trick.
This guy showed up in the mail today. 1601 1/24 Thaler from Hildesheim. [IMG]
So it was graded AU55 in 2001? What do you think it would grade today? I don't know that I'd say AU55, but I'd probably say AU. Lots of strike...
Agree, but I'd put the 1828 at EF details.
I was out of town and away for a few days, and now my ears are burning. I do anything for which I have or can access an attribution guide....
Yes, VAM 4.
This is a late die stage of VAM 10. You should still be able to see a little doubling on the bottom of the first 8.
Regarding the heavily worn coin, all of those dates are good ones to have with an S mint mark. It very well may be possible to tell which date he...
Looks like VAM 17 to me, too. There are plenty of 1878 Morgans with a broken star point on the obverse. This was a result of a break on the hub....
From those pictures, it appears that the fields tend to call the shots when grading. The OP coin does look to have very clean fields, but are they...
Looks like a nice coin. The marks on the cheek are probably a mix of hits on the coin and marks on the planchet that weren't struck out. I don't...
Red flag for me in the OP is that you're not sure if the 78-S is proof or prooflike. There are no proof 78-S Morgans. This makes me think that...
Since I don't have any book recommendations, I'll just share this. [IMG] Are there book recommendations for 16th and 17th century Talers?
Abe Vigoda was the model for that coin, you know. [ATTACH]
While technically interesting, it's a strong candidate for this year's winner of the "just because you can, doesn't mean you should" category....
I spent close to a half hour on an 1878 7TF Morgan in FR2 before coming up with it being VAM 115. :) There may be others that I've spent a little...
One of the nicknames for that clash is the "Lincoln in Jail" clash.
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...
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