MS-64 BN. I don't see any rub on this coin and the nicks on Liberty's cheek are all that keep it from 65. Some strike weakness or a case of die...
That's a sweet half cent! But I have to agree with ICG and NGC that it's a brown.
I think for type sets condition should be the sole rating condition. If someone wants to use rarity as a point-setter, then the appropriate...
Back in October when this coin was first posted by the OP, I just wasn't willing to call it an early state of the retained cud (3.5) although it...
Not a coin but rather a car part. Tracking showed it delivered into my residential mailbox on Wednesday last week. I saw the delivery and...
Thanks. The wag in me thought it might mean "Questionable Authenticity".
Saw this sticker on a PCGS coin offered at auction. I assume it means "Quality Assured" or some such. No mention of it is made on the PCGS...
Agreed.
Yes, I have that site bookmarked and used it.
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Not having the knowledge, experience or skill with Bust Half Dollars that some members possess, I took @okbustchaser's determination of O-112 and...
I wasn't sure about it because the obverse didn't look like a 108, Star 13 too far from the hair curl was the cause of my uncertainty. I'll go...
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I'm not that experienced in attributing Capped Bust Half Dollars but I do have two of the Overton books and have used the on-line references....
I stand corrected in a puddle of own effluvium. Thanks for the education.
Well, it matches Obverse 4 and Reverse E for the proper die marriage. But the mouth looks a little odd to me - maybe too "smiley". OTOH, the...
BTW, I checked the slab number and it shows up in NGC's database under the details category. So, why didn't they just say "Details" on the slab?...
OK, just to be ultra technical about it, NGC's list of details designations does not include "Shipwreck Effect", a term I could find nowhere on...
I know that. You know that. Most of the people on this Forum know that. But it's an implied grade, not an explicit statement of condition....
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