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Heck no. Dealers loved to buy my AU coins decades ago. I tell the story in class about a famous major dealer who looked through my coin book and asked the price of a 1917 Type I SLQ. I told him he di… (View Post)

LOL. Print the image and tilt the copy to read it! Even easier. Stand over the monitor and look down while close to the screen. (View Post)

AU-58. Every point on the design where either a weak strike or friction wear shows up is "flatish" with a change of color. My guess is either slabbed as a 58 or 62. Grading is subjective so… (View Post)

The coin looks like a cameo PL and mirror surfaces are often allowed to have more marks because they are so noticeable and detracting. It is probably a very flashy coin in hand. I've been told m… (View Post)

It is called a collection. This is one of many collections of birds. There are several reasons to form collections. A large number of birds were "harmed" to form this collection. :) I'… (View Post)