Yeah, I don't think the pictures accurately reflect eye appeal. Lets assume they are both nice in hand. I know the good strike coin is and can...
I'm curious about other's perspective on this. So, here's pictures of two gold 1840-O quarter eagles - both NGC graded au55. One has a rare,...
Wahoo - I'm getting better at this - maybe :)
[ATTACH] I've been watching this issue for some time - hard to find one with a good strike, let alone a full grade. This is graded AU55. I think...
I think it shows wear around the top of the cap/crown and on the eagle wings. AU is my guess.
[ATTACH] I have a hard time discerning wear from weak strikes on these early half eagles. But I think by 1844 the Dahlonega coins were coming out...
I believe the DOI on display is "an" original copy, not "the" original copy. I knew there were a bunch of original copies so I looked it up. The...
I've only done it one time, but I cracked a PCI XF45 Carson City half-eagle and it came back from NGC as AU58! I made up for a lot of small...
[ATTACH] Ok - sent the first one one back - got this one in the mail today and I really like it. Esoterica - I think it's an N-5. Very sweet old...
Yeah, I part of it could be just bad pictures - intentionally featureless.
I know this Ebay seller (centsles) has been brought up before. What I'm wondering is, can anyone who knows more about this than I do explain what...
Cool, thanks. Is almost purple sort of color what it really looks like?
Thanks folks - I didn't submit the coin - I basically have it on approval. I have no idea how long ago it was graded. As to the color - it looks...
Sweet picture of a nice coin, Kirkuleez! Thanks for posting that.
Got it! thanks!
Thanks. What is verdi-care? Does it mean you crack it and treat it and re-submit it? Or do you mean just leave it alone?
Wow! Last thing I expected was proposing it be cleaned. But I don't know jack about copper coins. Very interested to hear other views. Thanks.
hmm - thanks for taking the time to respond. Wouldn't conservation automatically make it "details"? And wouldn't there be pitting underneath it?...
I've been collecting mid-19th century US coins for a while now, but I only recently decided to find a large cent - I need it to be an 1840 because...
Regarding the post office: FWIW, I've had absolutely perfect results with priority mail and several disasters with first class. Why anyone uses...
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