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The advent of the ink jet printer and eBay spelled death to rare stamps. And the proliferation of USPS designs hurt completionists a lot too. Otherwise it was forecast as a race to the bottom. Coins … (View Post)

1798 BB-125 (B-8) is not a great rarity as a die pair. But in prime Die State I, it is extremely rare. I know of only two examples and this this the finer of the two (other is PCGS VF Details). Nearl… (View Post)

A lowly UNC Details, but my current choice for the cover of my Trade dollar die variety book. PCGS's images: My images: (View Post)

Backfilling the die states for the die varieties (got nearly all of them) for Bust dollars. This one is Die State I/II for 1800 BB-186 (B-4). It is a small step away from the prime Die State I, with … (View Post)

MS64, unless there is a problem not evidenced in the photos. VAM-53 by the way too. (View Post)