Here's a tip. If you want your slabs to stay pristine, but some baseball card sleeves. They fit slabs perfectly and will keep them from being...
"Grading/slabbing: Where is the value point? " A simple rule-of-thumb answer: When the coin is worth more than $250.
This is FAR astray of my collecting area, but I do wonder if it's real or not.
That would be one expensive coin if real. Alas, I agree with the others who have suggested it is a crude copy. Here's an article on the coin and...
I think that's either a nice 5 or your photos stink. ;) :)
So do we have both types of the 1814 amongst us? Here's the plain 4 (s-295).... [img] [img] As an aside, I can remember in another thread we...
I've always thought they were neat coins. I only collect them by type, and here's my example: [img][img]
pcgs 66 rd
Just so nobody gets the wrong idea -- there's nothing wrong about owning a recolored large cent. The VAST majority of old copper has had...
You have indeed. Thanks for your response. :)
1810/09: S-281 [img] [img] LGL, You're welcome. :)
p.s. FWIW, I graded the coin 62 the second time I looked at it. :o
Good luck & please keep us updated!
I think you are jumping to conclusions in terms of blaming NCG for the spotting. I don't disagree with your premise (the coin was spot free when...
Copper? [img][img]
Troodon, The TPGs do NOT technical grade. They market grade -- in other words, they rank or price coins as they think the market will view them....
Congrats Kanga! :)
It means I think the coin has been cleaned and/or the surfaces otherwise messed with. The look of the coin posted by the OP is not a natural...
AU details, but the coin's been boinked with.
p.s. very nice coins Mark & Lance.
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