Your avatar threw me , if I knew it was you I'd of answered differently .
Not the best , but it's all I could find on short notice . http://www.ebay.com/gds/Grading-Gold-Indian-Quarter-Eagles-/10000000004543433/g.html
It's basically like any coin with high parts and protected parts . Also there's a ton of fakes out there . Buy from a well known dealer or slabbed...
Got it !!!!! :)
It's in my SDB , but I will when I take some coins there . Thanks . I was thinking as the die wears the flow lines must get deeper gradually...
Some great stuff Charmy . Especially the love token and Roosevelt 1900 Indian cent political campaign charm . Rusty
Doug , what causes my 3 cent nickel proof to have cartwheel luster . I'm sure when the die was new it had a brilliant reflective surface , but...
In my post I was talking about cartwheel luster . Which is the type of luster I think the op was talking about .
Yes a lot of the earlier ones have luster and even some of the later ones , it might be muted but it is there . I have a 3 cent nickel proof that...
Wasn't this in a recent edition of the Error Scope ? My bad the one in the Error Scope was a '69-S Doubled Die .
And another , this is a truly great site . http://www.novanumismatics.com/engraving/comprehensive-index-of-mossin-marr-patriotic-civil-war-tokens/
For the Civil War token collector in you Joe . http://home.comcast.net/~bluitje104189mi/Civil_War_Store_Card_Die_List_21.htm
I'd say coins , as I have just about every slab . It's the coin that matters , we're just answering the ops question . I do glance at the slab but...
That's as good an answer as any I've heard . I always thought that one die was annealed wrong with one side being harder the other much softer ....
They used those dies till they shattered , I'd love to collect a set of them with the different die stages . I know the merchants that had one...
I do like the black retros , but man I hate that buffalo label . For me it makes the whole slab look cheesy .
I agree .
Can you find the die crack ? NY630M-6a R-3 . [IMG] [IMG]
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