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Re: Smash and Grab Coin Robbery
Edit: Boy was I looking at the wrong column! Chart has been revised. I took a look at the FBI national property crime statistics, and the rise in overall property crimes is pretty amazing. Unfortunat… (View Post)6 -
Re: Stack's auction 1770 8 reales PCGS AU-55 seems like the coins has scratches everywhere
A single cut like that would be an odd adjustment, but it's very straight and wide for a scratch and it certainly doesn't seem to have any displaced metal as you would expect from PMD. I own that par… (View Post)2 -
Re: Stack's auction 1770 8 reales PCGS AU-55 seems like the coins has scratches everywhere
The vertical lines are raised, you can tell from the way the light hits them compared with the devices and contrasted with the other marks. There is a decent amount of hairlining and hits especially … (View Post)3 -
Re: Semi-PL Bust Dollar - my first Garrett coin
Thanks for all of your kind comments! I ended up paying ~$14k. The original holder was pretty badly chipped, so Ian was kind enough to send it to PCGS and CAC for a re-holder and re-sticker before sh… (View Post)3 -
Semi-PL Bust Dollar - my first Garrett coin
Anyone who began collecting in the early-mid 1980s as I did was familiar with the Garrett collection. The Redbook and various coin magazines of the 80s were full of references to the record prices br… (View Post)33