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It's not just the general market - the past few Sedwick auctions have brought some really high prices, esp. in his bread-and-butter cob/wreck area. Look at, for example, the "Consolacion" w… (View Post)

They arrived! So what are your thoughts on these pieces now that they're in hand?? Some look to be be more lustrous than the auction pics indicated... others, perhaps not? I might hold that 1836Go an… (View Post)

It depends on amount of friction on the cheek of the 1819 in hand, I think. The reverse strike is pretty soft on the 1817. Senator32, on the 1788: in hand, if you ONLY looked at the obverse... ignori… (View Post)

Ah, this silly ol' piece, which should ABSOLUTELY be obvious on first glance (back in 2011, also)... Yes in terms of punch style, but not for shape/overall execution... as that's a "normal"… (View Post)

That is indeed Victoria, but from the colony of Jamaica... Penny, halfpenny or farthing. Not silver but copper-nickel alloy. These (any of those 3 denominations) are rather common as types. It has ze… (View Post)