I like your pictures. I thought you did a nice job capturing the mirrors. Based on your explanation of the devices, you got a nice coin at a real value. Congrats.
Bought a big collection of lower end today. Tons of ihc buffs low grade barber stuff etc. and lower grade us type. All at a price I can sell it cheap the prices on holders were not what I paid got the whole deal for one money Here's a couple
Here's a couple of the highlights ihc is au 58 in my opinion. Not sure about the color tho. If dipped was a while ago and has recolored nice
Here is a Elagabalus provincial I picked up for about $8 total. Seems to actually be rare. Elagabalus, (218 - 222 A.D.) Æ20 Thrace: Philippopolis O: AUT K M AUR ANTWNINOS, laureate head right . R : FILIPPOPOLEITWN NEWKWRWN, Hermes standing ,holding Purcell and caduceus . 20mm 3.6g Varbanov, Vol. III, 1781, p. 203
1880 MS 66+ Morgan $ Very Common Date but very high quality luster, and strike. A few contact marks keep it from being MS 67( I guess?)
Soon as I decide I will show pic it is either 1884 CC Ms-66 1883 CC Ms-66 with toning Or 1881S Ms-66 PL with Cac all three are graded by NGC or PCGS
New pick up. Might giver her an acetone bath, but I kinda like the look it has the way it is... I don't know. What do you guys think?