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Several of the D mint Buffaloes from the 1920s are notorious for their weak strikes, especially the 1926-D. Some of them have the detail of a VF coin, but are strictly MS. (View Post)

PCGS has always graded Ikes, but very few modern coins were submitted for grading until the beginning of the Registry (2000). The oldest population report I have is from August 1988. I have one from … (View Post)

I went to lots of local coin shows but never belonged to a coin club while in Cleveland. I later worked for a large dealer in Denver (Dan Carr was a regular customer), and joined the Denver Coin Club… (View Post)

I'll have to try the half ping pong ball trick to diffuse the light from my 2 narrow-beam LED lights. I can get good results now, but I'm constantly moving the lights around trying to get the most ac… (View Post)

This is a 1909 Lincoln birth centennial medal by Bela Lyon Pratt, designer of the $2½ and $5 Indian gold coins. (View Post)