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As others have said, the Las Vegas member shows are very nice and very low stress versus a typical ANA convention. You would have access to a number of dealers and can talk with other fellow collecto… (View Post)

In tracing coins and their earlier appearances, I have examined many thousands of images of coins to identify which match up. ANY artifact that exists on the dies will appear on numerous examples, an… (View Post)

I do agree that photographs can be altered, but ALL of the photos you linked were done by Heritage Auctions. I seriously doubt that Heritage photoshop'd out the cut on the cheekbone in the final pict… (View Post)

Your last post before my first post on this thread had you saying "Insider, the coins look identical." So, I thought the matter had not been laid to rest long ago. The overall point of my c… (View Post)

On April 4th, 1783, Benjamin Franklin paid 1,046 livres for the first group of Libertas Americana medals, of which 746 livres were for the two gold medals. Based on the price of gold at the time, and… (View Post)