Not yet. Prices seem high.
Voted 65, looks gemmy to me Some die polish.
The last picture looks even more like a hit that moved metal around. Find an experienced dealer and have him examine it in hand for the best...
So you see the basic advice to newbies is to not clean. Many cling to this their whole collecting careers. That's fine. But I think there is value...
Probably a non issue, but I rather think this coin had fairly dark toning and was dipped. Some darkness remains in the crevices where the toning...
I think AU58, but details for cleaning.
MS63
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I think it needs examined under at least 30x.:pompous:
O 104 Gotta grade the weakly struck obverse by the luster, guessing AU50.
Def nice look bradgator2. The die line from the ribbon jumped out at me, makes for easy Overton ID. Common marriage but kind of neat. [ATTACH]
I am thinking damage. There appears to be scrapes in the field beyond the arrowhead tips.
Is the mark clearly raised both below and above?
Some older slabs, like these PCI, and the "fatty" NGC, are known to tone coins. Sometimes attractively. I don't want these to tone farther, so I...
Just go to your mom's laundry room and put a little Clorox on a rag, then pat it on a silver coin. You'll quickly get blues and purples that any...
MS63. Appears a bit of contrast adds to the appeal. Nice.
As others have said, really not a good candidate for professional certification - it probably would come back labeled as a problem coin. You can...
Fun account, thanks for posting. I still hope to cherry pick a reasonably scarce die marriage. Surely there's more than 2 or 3 or 4 out there of...
Great collection! IMO the 1807/1808 CBH is a slot needs filled yet. :) About my favorite coin.
AU50 - that's max I think, almost went 45. AU53
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