All I can say is buy the coin and not the slab, or the bean. Grading is so very subjective that no 2 people may grade the same. If people want CAC...
Well, DUH on me LOL! I should have paid attention!
You're welcome! I searched around on Google for a while and that's the most I could come up with. Interesting medal.
Do yours look the same as the OPs?
I agree also - you're off to a good start. Be sure to also check the dates for overpunched dates - fairly common on the Indians.
just my opinion, but it looks like the date and letters were squashed by something that applied pressure.
You're welcome! I have one with 199x - not quite the whole date, unfortunately.
Also looks like PMD (post mint damage) to me too.
Danscos and archival 2x2s in boxes Red Marmora (sounds very non-exotic LOL!) Edit - mine sounds more like a cowboy name! Forgot I still have a...
Thanks for expressing the way I feel too.
I can't find much on the medal itself, but TR served as New York City's police commissioner from 1895-1897, so I'm guessing the medal commemorates...
Since several coins are affected the same way, it looks like it may have been damage by the edge lettering machinery at the mint. That might be...
These are usually available for around $5-10 on Ebay, and the ones with a date are the most desired.
Unfortunately you're correct.
Do you mean the fear that harmful bacteria could be held in grime of the incuse design?
I don't doubt that all all. Like some others have said, to me it's just another way to raise costs to collectors, while putting money in the...
Plus - cleaning was a pretty common practice by collectors many years ago.
If I just had to have that coin, and couldn't find the same grade in a TPG slab without the premium of CAC bean, I might consider it. Or I'd just...
What is having so many say this coin has been cleaned? I have several old Walkers that I pulled out of circulation 50 years ago that look like...
I for one wouldn't pay extra for a CAC stickered slab.
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