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Agreed, but strangely alluring.
Great job but posting a black & white photo of gold coins is just mean.
The grading fees only reach that level when you are in the high value coins or have so few coins to submit that the S&H becomes a huge part of the...
$650, personally I find toning like this to be very ugly, I would never buy that coin.
What is that in the left obverse field of the Philly coin?
Ok, The Bust Line, the ridiculous eagle, the date is all wrong (top of the 5 should be curved, not flat), there shouldn't be a bottom berry below...
This has to be a necro-thread record, 15 years! It’s so old, Doug actually collected coins when he wrote this.
I use their My Collection feature to manage my inventory, so it is affecting me as well.
Out of curiosity, how do ransomware hackers expect to get paid? Crypto currency?
Yeah, the only way I lose is if the coin grades MS65 or doesn’t get the 5FS designation. If it grades MS66 5FS, I break even. If it grades MS67...
I agree with your price guide analysis and that it might grade MS66 5FS, but as a collector who has own dozens of coins from this date/mm, I will...
The halos around the stars are called “pull away toning” and is a strong indicator of natural toning. That said, the coin looks hinky, but the...
1982-P, 1982-D, 1983-P, & 1983-D Jefferson Nickels: $1.71 Each 1982-P: My optimistic grade: MS64 5FS [IMG] [IMG] 1982-D: My grade: MS66...
As an update, I sold this coin last week for $230 on E-Bay. I purchased this coin raw last year from the annual Allentown/Bethlehem coin show in...
[IMG] Ok, does anyone wanna make the case for why I shouldn't crack this coin and send it to NGC?
You need whiter light than incandescent. I use 23wt 5000K CFL bulbs. Maybe we can’t get @rmpsrpms to help us with bulb selection for your camera.
My answer to that question hasn’t changed in 7 years.
Can you get us a photo using direct lighting? I’m not willing to give up on yet, I wanna see the luster profile in conjunction with the color...
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