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8k minted, Doug Winter estimates around 75 known, and this is the only gold bean for the issue. Perhaps the scarcest denomination made by the San Francisco mint in 1870 that isn’t unobtanium. (View Post)

I think I may now own the same coin. (View Post)

I crossed an 1842 seated half in NGC AU53 CAC to PCGS XF45 (ouch). I then sent the original NGC label to CAC and had the PCGS coin gold beaned, so I made out ok in the end. I also crossed an 1846 or … (View Post)

You, sir, are a legend. This may be the biggest CAC flex of all time. (View Post)

I probably agree with CAC 95% of the time, but our opinions diverged on this one. It got red stickered for “original but lacking eye appeal.” I bought it because I thought it had nice appeal :D . MS6… (View Post)