Looks like a cast copy or fantasy piece.
It is lacking in detail due to strike, not wear. Pretty piece, and CAC agreed.
AU55, but could go 58 for color.
It won't straight grade. The rim on the obverse and reverse is too damaged with nicks.
I'd just like to be able to replace the bulb. But it wasn't designed to do that. The salesman seemed surprised that IKEA wasn't concerned about...
Would you buy coins looking under those two bulbs? I pulled a coin out at a restaurant that made every coin I bought at a show look like it was...
The mark of Zorro.
They are clad - brass over copper. Look at the edge. They're like 40% halves.
I just looked and found this: https://coinweek.com/education/coin-grading/ron-drzewuckis-grading-coins-lights-loupes/
I don't know that a color has ever been officially recommended. It needs to be a single-point light source like incandescent (100 W) or halogen....
I like these lamps too. Too bad they're disposable. You can't replace the bulbs. Just like most IKEA merchandise - not exactly environmentally...
No plate numbers, since they were printed on rollers. The inking has a lot of deviation, along with ink smears.
And less than 3/4" is a medallet.
Look like possible die trials.
<3" is a medal. 3" and wider is a medallion.
VF20
Holding the coin is necessary to learn to detect counterfeit pieces. If you are afraid of mishandling them, you need more practice. Watch video of...
Looks like it got wet.
I vote what I would buy them as, not what I think PCGS called it - like I do with all coins I buy. MS62.
That is true. The Blue Pill people just want to think everything is fine. The Red Pill people can take reality.
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