Kind of hard to tell from the photo, but a few things that might explain why it got slabbed even with PVC damage: 1.) They didn't notice it or...
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62 58+ 63 64 62 55 63 10 55 58 Nice set!
Is that some sort of rare die variety or does she have a mustache on all of them?
Had this one a couple years, paid about $275 or what you would expect to pay for a similar graded 1878-8TF Morgan. I've got most of the set,...
If it makes a difference (and it always has to me), the Lubek Taler is likely as scarce as a 1918/17-S Standing Liberty Quarter but without the...
The eyeballs alone must weigh 3 grams... Remarkable that many centuries later the Spanish Empire decided an 8 Escudos would weigh almost exactly...
VERY cool. How many grams?
X#610 looks like a Bruce number from the Unusual World Coins catalog. Possibly because it is an off-metal strike. Krause lists the coin as...
I like how the font of the obverse legends always gives away that it is a Maltese piece before paging down to see the reverse!
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A real wowzer of a coin, --agree on the prong, in some ways the old NGC holders were superior, especially in cases like this coin. Nothing...
Do you still need the Skanderbeg 20 Franga with Fasces privy mark? They only made 10, it's a coin I've always wanted but never been ready to pay...
Mintage of 27,000 which means they are fairly available near melt. Nice ones a little more, but not much. I've always liked the design too,...
This coin has a very interesting story, purchased raw in 2001. It was listed in a World Coin News advertisement in the September, 2001 issue....
There's a 66+ out there with honeycomb pattern toning that is vastly inferior, so we'll claim finest extant for this one as well: [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
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