I am missing something here. If you are suspecting these spots are ammonium carbonate or acetate, shouldn't water or at worst salt water remove then?
Not quite what I expected, but it is definitely not heavy. Are the rims also porous or are they sharp?
I am pretty sure that is not a late die state. That coin has seen some acid. I will bet if you weigh it, it will be light.
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So it is now your job to try to protect all the modern coin collectors? I strongly suspect they were the cause of these grades. Good luck!
MS67 contains "light abrasions". What happens when you find a coin with a single light abrasion? And, God forbid, if you find a coin with no...
So get your MS69's and be happy. And then let those who want pay "bu-coo" dollars for the coin they want so they will be happy also.
A grade takes into consideration both sides of a coin.
MS66 pl
I would say most graders can tell the difference. That is what they get paid to do. My guess is most collectors cannot tell the difference, but...
And regardless of how we change it, your opinion of it will remain the same so why not leave the vast majority happy?
I guess that means you cannot see the diferences, but they are definitely there. MS-65 This is for "Mint State" (the grade) and "65" (the...
Uhm, why? You need to explain that. It makes no sense to me why after 40 years we should change our scale to 0 - 66.
I found this post; QUOTE="Conder101, post: 1639869, member: 66"]In Roger Burdette's new book United states Pattern & Experimental pieces of WWII,...
There was a different composition 1944 - 1946 (no tin), but the best records available seem to indicate that NO shell casings were used for...
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I have seen 67's with dings like that.
I wonder what they need to give brown coins a 66.
1895-S is a proof?
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