Hi Chris, Thanks for the cut & paste -- that makes more sense now. As for the 10k post thing -- I wasn't insinuating anything outside I...
Eduard, I hope you do someday, and I'm sure I'm not alone in saying I'd sure love to see the rest of your collection. :) ...Mike
Patience, grasshopper....and good luck! :)
Lance, No worries. You can tread as lightly or as heavily as you wish and without fear of offending me. We are both here to learn and share,...
Chris, First off, where the heck have you been posting to get 10k posts? Second, what the heck are you thinking getting those beautiful coins...
A sure sign I'm getting old. :o
I've told this story on this forum many times... I bought this coin, raw, for about $200 on eBay. [img][img] It now resides in a PCGS 65 slab....
The very even color and lack of luster do suggest a dipping. I cannot see evidence of a harsh cleaning (e.g. hairlines). A great coin for a 2x2...
It's brown, tan, and red with a touch of green thrown in for good measure. lol Are you thinking recolored? I'm not. Because if it had been...
Not to rub it in, but we're about the sweet spot of my collection. I think I'm only missing two dates through 1857...1817 (tomorrow's coin) and...
Like this: [img] Except, hopefully, your coin will have some luster left. :)
The last set of photos do suggest some luster impairment which could have been caused by an improper cleaning. However, I would like to see pics...
Thanks, I liked that coin the second I saw it. Like most of my decisions on coins, frankly. Either they speak to me or they don't. That one...
If you can safely, take it out of the plastic, and shoot it dead on straight with the light as close to the camera as possible. :)
1816 N-5: [img][img] She's well-worn AND corroded, but I really like the look of this coin, personally, because of its originality.
My fingers like simple. lol I hope you and yours are well, Paul. :)
Angled photos make judging luster tough. That said, I'd think the coin would be somewhere in the low AU, high XF range. I'll guess AU 50.
Fair points, I think. I was intentionally trying to keep it simple, though. ;) Another way to do that, I suppose, would be to say something...
VF details, cleaned.
Looks like a 6 to me.
Separate names with a comma.
