Thats not what I was reading, but after taking a look at the pop reports I was presented with erroneous information. That being said, I have seen...
PCGS has certified 6 specimen examples for 1899-o.
Im curious to learn anything I can about these. Particularly past sales results, and or photos, striking characteristics etc. Any help or info...
The guys from DVRC are at long beach. I can recommend lots of shops in PA, but most of them are about 1-1.5 hours from philly.
The coin is definitely fake IMO. That being said, on the plus side the coin more than likely cointains somewhere between 800-900 dollars worth of...
the date appears to say 1888. Also, it just has the appearance of pot metal, the dentils don't look right etc. That being said, it is also...
I personally don't think the coin is real.
I have seen a few of the coins in NGC GSA slabs. They are regular NGC holders and they have a gsa notation. There was even a receipt one time when...
64 would be my guess. 65 would not shock me, but I would disagree if that graded it 5. I can't tell from the photos but it appears to have a very...
My advice to the guy would be to sell it to the jeweler for anything over 25c.
More than likely it is just sulfur powder mixed into vaseline.
If it was cleaned it was a minor cleaning, and done long ago. If you can pick this up for a price you would be happy with then I would go for it :)
I agree with the questionable toning call. The coin has the look of a copper coin that was lightly cleaned or dipped and retoned in my opinion.
Au-58.
53
I would say the coin is AU, however I suspect it was cleaned and has since retoned somewhat, but it may just be the photo. Copper is very one of...
If you have metal snips, or tin snips cut the holder and 6'oclock and 12'oclock and it should split right open. Don't cut parrallel with the slab...
It depends on a lot of factors how the TPG's will grade it. For example, is it a 1924? If yes they are going to let a little more striking...
Au details, and the coin has been polished.
There are a couple things that bother me. Right under United there is a black area that is mottled and has a very distinctive look of a coin that...
Separate names with a comma.
