hello, can you help me please. what do the abbreviations mean BN - RB - RD variety present at munismedia site, see image? thanksssss
uhmm yes is red but take image from phone not good resolutions, tomorrow get new full image and post, for me up MS60 very nice
I will say it again, and I hope you reconsider your choices of saying MS (insert number) for me. Because MS numbers are not up for willy-nilly applications. They actually have standards to meet. People who don't pay attention to the standards and assign much higher grades to coins are not helping our hobby. Nor are they helping themselves, because they either don't understand what goes into it or don't care. Grading may be 'subjective' yet it still has standards that have to be met. It is an art and a science. Please don't just say it's (whatever high grade you come up with) to 'you'. MS grades don't work that way. And you come on asking what it is, are given a nice color scale to look at and then determine it's 'red'????? What gives? Sometimes I think you are just trolling instead of actually looking to learn. MS60 (and every MS grade) is not just up for random assignment. Also, RD, RB and BR have standards that apply as to what it means. Your coin does not meet the RD standard.
ok, actually presents signs of circulation but still not serious, then I think of an AU58 almost RED to be correct? thank you
Again, please take the time to learn the specifics and look at other examples before trying to simply assign a grade to your coin. It will benefit you in the long run. Why the hurry to put a random grade to each coin you have?
Also that horrid set of marks in the middle of the obverse of this coin prevent it from grading straight (meaning an actual grade like you are expecting). The best it can be is 'details'. It's a damaged coin. Probably best described as AU - Details.
sorry my intention not to sell on the contrary I like to keep it as a memory of my dad was just a sharing of thoughts to understand some things, maybe in 20 years they sold it when its value be a thousand dollars
uhhhh, i see numismedia.org and the Lincoln Cents - 1931 D BN grade AU50 current price is 34.50$ ... nice price, correctly ???
@gianni Thank you, it is nice you want to keep the coin and give you a memory of your dad. But the coin is not valuable and will never be worth a thousand dollars. This particular 1931-D cent is got no real value as it is damaged. It never will have value unless just about every other 1931-D disappears from this earth. The 1942 quarter you posted that you are calling a MS65 is cleaned and not flawless. It is a details coin and now is only worth melt or less than melt. That will not change in the future, either, unless every other 1942 quarter also disappears from this earth. My comments about grading not working the way you seem to want to have it work for your coins has absolutely nothing to do with it being from your father or you keeping the coins.
Your coin is not worth that. It is details. Details might, just 'might' be worth 1/10th of the 'value' of a coin that is not details. But in the case of a 1931 D cent, I would not even put it at that. But you might get lucky and find someone who would want to purchase it for 3.00.
With those scratches the coin is considered damaged making a grade impossible. It reverts to a details coin.
@Kasia is doing a wonderful job of teaching you a very important aspect of collecting. High grade examples are high grade. And that is an emphatic period.... Its rather like being pregnant. Either you are or you aren’t. You have a wonderful gift there from your father. Unfortunately the large scratch on the obverse is the absolute stroke of death to achieving a grade. The scratch will never disappear thus this coin can never achieve a straight grade. It is still an attractive and collectible coin not to mention a wonderful gift from your father. It simply cannot be straight graded with the scratch.
this coin in the picture is a MS66 with those scratches even worse than mine that you consider it just AU50 ??? to see this I say that my being at least MS60
