If all else fails.... thermite
I wouldn't consider buying this coin without a slab, because of the questionable MM.It might be tough to resell raw ? I don't like the...
I told the dude pretty much right on, with a very few exceptions. Advised him to get Photograde and Redbook, at a used book store and send me...
AU coin, IMO passable as a commercial unc, for dealers with 2 page ads a "slider", looks OK !
I was thinking 09-s cent, then remembered 1838-o half. or was it 1839-o ? whatever, not important, I'm not digging out books now any others...
I did say this would not be popular with numismatists ! However there is no real reason a coin needs a date on it, is there ?
so basically there is no compelling reason for a modern coin to even have a date, eh ? It might as well have a lot number on it to, to identify...
or even a date, for that matter ? I guess it's tradition ? ancient coins aren't really dated. a coin's primary purpose is for the public...
How about a fingerprint or carbon spot developing on say a copper coin, like a PF-70 cent, after slabbing ? It can't be a 70, with a spot, right ?
Yes, I was referring to US coins, and business strikes, but you can't really tell a business strike from a mint set coin. I personally don't...
by PCGS, or NGC ? Or PF-70 ? I think there are some MS-69 Morgans ?, I know MS-68 exists for Morgan dollars.
Is it the same coin in both photos ? Photo #2 looks like an "S" to me, but #1 looks clearly like no MM
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