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The reverse of the 1870-S seems okay to qualify as gem. But in rechecking, doesn't it seem there's been considerable rub on the curls and above the coronet? All 13 stars show hits. Plus obviously it … (View Post)

All those cute excuses flop when your gaudy coin catalog arrives from the Mint. (View Post)

You don't benefit from widely disseminating the knowledge you've got coins, instead you'll increase the chance of becoming a target for criminals, aside from it being a privacy issue. That also goes … (View Post)

Not likely lead poisoning was the reason for a sudden death and the loss of the hoard, because it's usually an extremely long lingering illness. We're at a tremendous disadvantage in guessing about t… (View Post)

It's a plausible assumption the person(s) who stashed the gold coins died very unexpectedly. There are thousands of possible ways that could've happened, even such as the cataclysmic earthquake of Ap… (View Post)