The first two photos had me thinking MS-64. The next two were out of focus. The last two show a lot of small scrapes and marks on the obverse...
Agreed. I have seen some pieces, most often early gold, which were absolutely hideous.
Here is one that has "had the file taken to it." The trouble is the file was taken to it at the mint before it was struck and is part of the...
Here is the only building in the re-built New Salem that was there when Lincoln lived there, the cooper's shop. Even this building is not quite...
The trouble is the crooks usually start out by making fake molds or dies from a real coin. Therefore the die variety markers are going to be...
Yes, the lump in front of Ms. Liberty's mouth is not a good sign. Plus you see more lumps when you blow up the obverse photo. BTW you can post...
Soon after Abraham Lincoln struck out on his own, he settled in a frontier town named New Salem, Illinois. Lincoln had helped to move a boat that...
The only "good for" tokens I have are Civil War pieces. "Good for" Civil War tokens are almost always scarce to rare. My theory is that the...
I think that Lincoln was running a general store in New Salem, Illinois at that time. He made his first run for the Illinois State Legislature,...
It’s possible that the coin had the pasty while color that you see in the areas that are not toned, but I doubt it. I owned this piece for a...
Accurate net grades also give you a benchmark for value. The EAC approach is also fairer. There are very few early copper coins that don’t have...
I never had a problem until the last year or so. I had one check that mailed to a dealer take three weeks to get there. This was from Florida to...
The early half dimes have fascinated me for many years. That collector enthusiasm has led me to make some less than judicious purchases through...
That is a very nice example for a "genuine" or "details" graded coin. Usually defects are much worse. If the person who marked that piece had not...
So, what is your point, @Robert Ransom? I’m confused.
All of this is quite interesting, but how can you tell the difference between a “limes coin,” a contemporary counterfeit and a modern counterfeit...
The pandemic has sped up the process of going to what is close to a cashless economic system. Over the past year, I can count on one hand the...
I think that the NGC registry offers the opportunity to display a broader variety of coins with its PCGS acceptance policy. I also prefer the...
ANACS net graded the coin from AU sharpness to EF-40. If you get hung up on this look, it will cost you a lot of money in the long run. The acid...
They started out doing allowing PCGS coins and then stopped doing it about five years ago. About a year and half ago, they went back to accepting...
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