My grade would be Cleaned, AU details, and I would pass on the coin for my collection. Others may like the coin, however.
I think high grade (MS66 and up) Washington 25c (the real, silver ones) have been tanking forever. I was working on a Registry Set and got up to...
63 and I agree with Mountain Man--get it certified by either PCGS or NGC.
The best one I remember finding in circulation was a 1918 in maybe VF condition, with full date and great, circulated color. My father found a...
I, too, think the coin has been harshly cleaned.
I like this response because I, too, feel all my coins should be certified for the same reason as you--so that my heirs won't be taken advantage...
If you want to save a bit of money, check out the Red Book listings on eBay.
58 BN
Oh, I got all the books published by DLRC as review copies because I reviewed them for my column in Coins magazine. Probably COINage, also. Still...
David Lawrence was really David Feigenbaum, but he did business as David Lawrence Rare Coins. His son, John, worked with him and took over the...
I'll go with 62. It looks cleaned but a nice looking cleaned, if there is such a thing. And I never noticed that about the figure of Liberty. Now...
I don't think it's close to FH, and it looks like it has wear on the right breast to me. Nice luster, though.
That's also known as A Guide Book of United States Coins. And don't clean your coins, even with just soap and water.
64, at least.
All of your coins I've seen on here are "spenders."
55, ugly toning, IMO.
Most of the mail-order coin dealers' ads I've seen over the years state that they guarantee authenticity of what they sell. That seems to me to...
Wow! What a way to use cents that aren't worth much!
MS63
AU, but cleaned.
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