My coin had a shine to it that made me think it was not in the ground. I have not metal detected for several years now, need to get back into it....
Thanks. The shiny copper color threw me off. Didn't know burning a dime turns it this color.
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The quarter would get an MS Details grade. The curl next to the ear looks uncirculated and it has the lustre, but the scratch on the obverse at...
Not a Type C. Type C is the coin on the right in the picture, compared to one like yours on the left. Look at the tail feathers.
Another great example of Washington quarter toning, probably my favorite toned coin picture:
"The tree of liberty must be rinsed from time to time from the blood of coin defacers" -Thomas Jefferson
I was able to capture a picture of mechanical doubling on a quarter, it is very difficult for me to tell sometimes too. Notice the A and the M in...
There is an older thread on this forum where a member wrote out a nicely detailed explanation on how to grade luster, but the pictures in that...
I've looked at many other 1964 quarters graded MS67 on Heritage and sometimes it seems the grader lets a rather abundant amount of contact marks...
No Type-C on this one, just trying to gauge what a high MS would look like in person. I'm assuming it's too difficult to assess a proper grading...
I built an axial lighting display to take better pictures of my coins. I've been finding some interesting ones that I've set aside (a real DDR,...
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