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Yes, we all remember and miss John Burns. Bought rare books from him at nearly every show. I used to help him set up in Baltimore because of the heavy nature of his inventory, and the distance from t… (View Post)

I like how one of the strikes was in Philadelphia, and the other was in Denver 14 years later. Hey, you must admit that this fake error is more interesting than 99% of the fake errors on eBay every d… (View Post)

It is valued like art, in a way. But at the end of the day, it is a supply & demand issue. @BStrauss3 , in your example the supply of available pieces is extremely low, but so is the demand. You … (View Post)

That is a die break that is diagnostic on all known BD-1 survivors. The planchet is fine, but the obverse die cracked and the resultant coins show this heavy die break. (View Post)

@FlyingAl pointed out the obvious that we all overlooked: Let's see the reverse photos of each coin. Great point! (View Post)