RWB

Leadership is required - a rare thing in an era of pervasive false information, lies, and greed.

That's really perception bias. We detect only the defects; success is not noticed. Hence, VKurtB's false conclusion.

There is also "The Hitchhiker's Guide." But it's improbable you'll find it in a whale.

"EF" tends to be "very slight wear" or what TPGs attempt to call "AU 55 or 58." This is much closer to American usage in the 19th and early 20th centuries, before heavy influence of money and profit stimulated splitting the easter bunny into body parts. Here is PCGS's version. Note the extensive subdivision of "grades" which tend to inflate prices. This is a characteristic of highly commercialized systems and not specific to PCGS, NGC or anyone else. https://www.pcgseurope.com/grading-comparison?l=en [The same thing happens with cereal, toilet paper, cars, etc. More versions with slight differences mean greater profits for sellers.]

Nice. The full article that includes Jason's table is at: https://www.fleur-de-coin.com/articles/coin-grades

Sometimes called a "slider" - lots of scratches and rum bumps. Not worth slabbing. Would look OK in an "EF-AU" grouping.

Why did you give your beard to your wife's mother? Couldn't she grow her own? Ahhh....so you caught her in the bathroom!

There is no "retail" price for a coin. Every coin price is negotiable -- same as at the camel market.

IF a slabber's office is built on a slab, can they be a true basement slabber? Could they use a Kansas tornado shelter and be a "sheltered slabber?"

Ahhh...Perfect! If the frame costs more than the content, then it's a true "low end collection."

Why not merely leave it in the driveway?

"Sew be it."

Thanks! But.... Proof" is not a grade.

I'm using "Tin" instead of "Chrome" -- much cheaper than free, and crashes almost as much. Firefox is good, but the darned hunting horn keeps blaring. Tried "Edge" but very dull....

You are planning to buy a commodity. Assuming the coin has been authenticated and graded by one of the major 3 companies: Look for either in-person inspection of as wide a selection of coins in your price range as possible, or sellers who offer the best return/exchange terms. Consider buying at a larger coins show, such as the Whitman Expo in Baltimore - wide selection and the opportunity to negotiate.

Nope. You might consider an attractive quarter eagle in your price range, too.

Photos?

All of the US coin Libertys except the early gold wore a married woman's hair covering - or mob cap. (Married women coiled their hair on the head; unmarried woman usually wore the hair down or in braids of some sort. Divorced or widowed women were often ostracized as if they were criminals.)

Carrying the cap on a pole or rod would be the correct way to display it - a symbol of liberty that is given to the emancipated. (Of course, we weren't freed Roman slaves either...)

That's as bad as my office-hovel - except you don't have goats under your desk....

Typo -- "sandblasted" or "sandblast" --- This was normal for medals, and used on Saint-Gaudens/Pratt gold and 1921-1922 proof Peace dollars to emphasize the "medallic-style" design. It was also used on many commemorative halves for the same reason....that is, emphasis of design. The term "matte" is better applied to Lincoln and Buffalo proofs to 1916 where the dies were sandblasted. It was simply impractical to individually treat thousands of small coins. In any case, collectors did not like the effect and preferred brilliant mirror-like proofs.

That was exactly Moore's point. The head gear was part of contemporary fashion, not a symbol of freedom or liberty. His authority was Eckfeldt - who was there almost from the beginning of the Mint and knew the inside stories. Moore's other point was that Liberty did not wear the "Pileus." The cap was a sign of manumission from slavery and was presented to the freed slave by the Goddess Liberty. It could be placed on a pole or wand, but NEVER worn by Liberty herself.

Also, where are the "Easy Times" tokens?

Sandbasted is the correct term. It states what was done, and was in common use until Wally Breen got loose.

There is such a critter. There are also published and unpubished ways to identify them. Sharp photos of both sides will be helpful.