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Yes, mine is definately raised, which matches the compass point thing mentioned above. Not really tiny rings like the OPs, and always in the exact center of the coin

Am I seeing that some of these are obtuse and some are incuse?
Or is it just the photo optical illusion thing?
Also seeing dots/punches as opposed to a ring.

The quarter I posted from the reddit post the ring looks raised.
The 1830 half dime ring from @Bikergeek looks incuse.
The 1821 10c dot from @Mr_Spud looks raised.
The 1837 50c dot from @jesbroken looks incuse.

This is a lot of hullabaloo over "50 cent coin" vs "50 cent note".

O'Reilly uses collaborators in the same way as James Patterson. And to both of their credits, they give credit to the collaborator rather than use ghost writers like most former politicians. Read them and enjoy them, or don't.

Some European gold and American silver and copper struck before the year 1800:

Medieval and Post Medieval European Goldgulden:

Massachusetts Large Planchet Shilling, 1652:

1794 Set:

1795 Set:

1796 Set:

The last Morgan dollar I purchased for myself on May 19, 2001. From a current member of these boards and I had the CAC sticker added many years later.

True story - At a recent show, a very reputable dealer was offering a coin to a collector and that collector noticed the dealers asking price was considerably higher than the price guide and passed on buying the coin. I thought that price was fair and bought the coin. That day, I sold the coin for a small profit to a dealer. I caught up with the collector and asked why he passed on the coin and he told me the price and thought that the dealer was too expensive. I didn't think the collector came to the wrong conclusion about that dealer. He subsequently agreed with me that he really wanted the coin. I had sold the coin later and he bought that coin from the dealer I sold it too. Happy that the collector got the coin but had to pay a few bucks more for all the wrong reasons.

@EastonCollection said:
@MFeld - Hey Mark - Again, I 100% agree with you that market conditions in the area of Capped Bust Dimes or coins overall can fluctuate, hence values can change even on non-widely traded coins. But PCGS didn't change the prices on the + coins and what can explain the large price difference between PCGS ($32,500) and CAC ($19,500) price guides. I am not trying to break anyone's balls but the folks behind the price guides need to do their job better.

The only good reason I can think of to lower the price for MS66’s but not 66+’s would be if it was thought that the previous difference in prices between the two wasn’t as large as it should have been.

The $19,500 CAC price guide value looks to be unrealistically low and in need of (edited) an upward adjustment.

@MFeld - Hey Mark - Again, I 100% agree with you that market conditions in the area of Capped Bust Dimes or coins overall can fluctuate, hence values can change even on non-widely traded coins. But PCGS didn't change the prices on the + coins and what can explain the large price difference between PCGS ($32,500) and CAC ($19,500) price guides. I am not trying to break anyone's balls but the folks behind the price guides need to do their job better.

Detector find. Someone told me it has a transitional reverse.