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Re: Post a beautiful half dollar
It's beautiful! I like it a lot, but I wonder what's happening on the reverse rim at 6 o'clock. Perhaps my most beautiful half is a 1939-D MS66 Walker I bought from @MarkFeld when he was a dealer 18 … (View Post)5 -
Re: What year of coinage signifys the most important event to you?
That was my experience as well. I remember John saluting his father as the casket rolled past and the "clip clop" sound of the horses' hoofs on the pavement pulling the casket. (View Post)1 -
Re: PCGS Slabbed Type Set, no one cares . . . TOO EXPENSIVE, BUT I GOT IT ANYWAY . . .
Trueviews of blank planchets are hilarious to me. (View Post)2 -
Re: Grading at a show or not
I suggest buying a Redbook and looking up the values of your coins there. The Redbook has brief notes on grading, and you'll get a sense of their scarcity and value looking at the mintages and prices… (View Post)3 -
Re: Crackout from NGC 55…..to PCGS 40!! Tell us about your crackout successes and failures.
NGC AU53 to PCGS XF45. PCGS was correct, IMO. Sorry for the poor Trueview with bright axial lighting. The coin is a jet-black, circulated cameo with Miss Liberty seeming to emerge out of the darkness… (View Post)4