Coin is a 1921-P. Several of the letters in PLURIBUS seem to have metal dragged from, and over, the tops of them toward the middle of the coin. It's quite pronounced when seen with a loupe, but very tough to accurately photograph (and I didn't do it very well). Is it some kind of striking error? PLU...
I've been dealing exclusively with Nick, but I'm sure he could pass my email address along to Nick, which is all I'm trying to do. I'll send my address to you via PM.
These were shot from an early die state M.S. coin, so the features are very sharp. Would someone please add them to the attribution page? 'Notch' and doubling on the outside/right of 1, and 'stuff' inside top loop of the 1st 8: 1883-S VAM 4 date.jpg Pretty extensive polishing lines behind the eagle'...
Today I made another entry in my “ Tales of Stupidity” Cherrypicking diary. Last March I thought I had found a juicy unattributed VAM at Heritage: a bright 1901-P in PCGS-55 that had me convinced it was a VAM 7 Doubled Arrows. I can remember looking at the big photos over and over to make sure. So I...
It's a common date that I wasn't even looking for. But the seller's photos blew me away and I just couldn't stop looking. So BAM! Let's play guess the grade on this. 1879-S 19099774 close small obv.jpg 1879-S 19099774 close small rev.jpg SO the coin arrived today and it looked almost nothing like th...