VAM 6, it is. Nice find, but too bad about the cleaning.
Cool! I like the look of the label, too. When PCGS switched their boxes from blue to black, I was wondering if that was going to coincide with a...
There are plenty of inexpensive Newman coins. I have a 1755 Mexican 2 Reales that I maybe paid $150 for, and a 1721 Spanish 2 Reales that was...
I think the salient point is that there's a very active, but very volatile market for exonumia involving the mint and TPGs. Strip away the...
The ones that tend to be at shows are dated 1908, 1925, 1929, and 1930.
Just picked up this 1908/7-B. Very clear overdate on this one. [IMG]
Once in a holder, it's impossible to see it the way the picture portrays. This is one reason why TrueView images are not necessarily the ones you...
I've heard stories from TPG graders about these sorts of coins showing up.
The fourth test came out like this: [ATTACH]
Hard not to like an early proof ASE.
MS and uncirculated are two different things. MS is a grade used for coins have no trace of wear, as if uncirculated, but may have actually...
Kind of a low bar you're setting there.
Now taking orders for my 2020 coin calendar. $16 (includes shipping in the US) gets you a wall calendar with a different coin photo that I've...
I should be able to check tonight. Scribbling is only relevant for 1921. The patches of parallel lines you see is die polishing, which is...
63 here. I didn't see any wear on the high spots. Everything else about it just screams "average" to me. Luster is OK. Surfaces have a few...
That's a very common clash from Liberty's neck. On the VAM 19A and 22, a similar clash is possibly what aggravated the die such that the die...
64. Good luster, strike, and eye appeal. Surfaces have only minor field scuffs and ticks on the devices. No heavy hits, but too many for a gem...
AU details, AT, possibly also cleaned.
They should have cross promoted their new US banknote department by having them "slab" (or whatever the term is for currency -- "sleeve?") the COA.
Nice results in the conservation! I'd be more likely to say 66 than 67 now, but will defer to Jefferson specialists. As for whether to keep it...
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