I know you're trying to show the reeding, but that is not the way to hold a coin. See the comments above (FINGERPRINTS FREE).
I'm with all the people who talk about buying a slabbed coin, preferably PCGS.
I assumed I was voting that it is a commemorative, not a commerative, whatever that is.
For that amount of value, I would use USPS First Class insured for the full amount. Much less expensive than Registered, and I've never had...
VG10 or F12. I could see it going F12 b/c it's a key date, and I do think the certification services tend to be lenient with key dates.
I've bought and sold coins for the last 60 years and have made money on my coins more often than not, but I've never been a full-time dealer. In...
63
Buy a coin certified by either ANACS, NGC, or PCGS. The coin you picture is a weak G4 in my opinion.
62 at best.
Amazing. I finally got one right.
62. Awfully baggy, IMO.
Coin periodicals are also worthwhile purchases. Get a subscription to one or more of the monthly coin magazines, such as Coins and COINage, and...
It's impossible to answer that question for most of the certification services, and particularly for ANACS, because of all the changes in its...
Oh, that can happen. Many years ago I sent ANACS a large cent I had purchased as a near-gem coin. This was back in the days of certification with...
I would not dip it again! I would have graded the original coin AU something, but obviously my opinion changed after I saw the dipped piece. Has...
AU55, VF30. I had a lot of trouble selling coins in ICG holders for anything like appropriate money for the grade on the holder. If you feel the...
The top coin has a much better look, IMO.
65, in my opinion.
My advice, for what it's worth: Send it to NCS for conservation and then grading by NGC.
How about 62, 62, 63, 65?
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