Why do you need a second thread about this?
Because someone paid PCGS to put it there. Ba-bum-bump! Seriously, though, there is nothing wrong with sending in a toned 1945-S WQ to PCGS or...
Thank you for the additional kind replies. I had started the set in the album in or around the year 2000. However, I had been involved in...
You're not very forthcoming with details about what you have, yet you are asking for specifics to your question. The answers you receive will be...
I've seen those multiple times in the past and believe it is simply a defective gasket or a gasket that was heat damaged after it was sealed.
Wow! Thank you for the kind words and also the great posts that have added so much to the topic. When I was building my Dansco 7070 I never...
I might sound like a jerk, but what it reads to me is like a set of polished business strike coins sold on the secondary market to non-coin...
Learn how to grade.
From the images looks like MS65 to me.
This appears to be an important topic to address because, in my opinion, it seems that not only are a large number of folks actively engaged in...
That's because it is an obvious counterfeit in an obvious counterfeit slab.
While it is true that this is a nickel plated with an extremely thin layer of gold, it was almost certainly done in recent years (1950-onward) to...
I like your approach and though process. It should be fun to watch the set grow.
Every coin is different.
I guess I didn't initially answer your question; they are worth face value.
They both look like they were corroded after they left the US Mint and would be considered damaged.
My opinion is that there is virtually no downside to this deal in terms of your acquisition, but unless you are able to move them in large groups...
That is no way, no how an uncirculated coin. It is heavily circulated and has been previously cleaned and retoned.
My experience with photography leads me to believe that the image has either been taken under lighting conditions that extracted every last bit of...
It has been altered after it left the US Mint and is known as a post-mint alteration.
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