That's a fair statement, but it can be qualified with the added "...unless you know what you're doing with that issue." The implication that only...
Not "kinda" subjective, more like "completely" subjective. :) Despite the brightness of the color, the fact that it isn't "original" makes me...
Probably better for you to just avoid threads like this, since you plainly prefer to not be part of the solution. The rest of us will just go...
Get the coin, and a loupe, out into bright sunlight. There's nothing better for revealing hairlines which both your eye and especially the camera...
It's a lovely coin, but in truth I don't think a TPG would like the blue color. Better left raw. From a technical standpoint it's a slider in...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] Despite Doug's position, I don't buy the concept of "end stage oxidation is destructive" unless something other than a...
Some of us care about originality, and a blast-white Bustie having survived almost 200 years without any patina is rather unlikely.
I think that a fair number. They're known to sometimes strike up weakly around the shield, and the talons are still mostly-developed. The surfaces...
Cuprous Oxide?
Well done indeed, and a Bean, to boot. :D
O-109, I think. Edit: Y'know, 116 might do it. The two are close.
I concur; the diagnostic obverse die crack in the left stars is visible here. A nice variety, not easily found in higher grades although there's...
That's appropriate. Authentication aside, there's no real way to determine what a TPG will adjudicate regarding surface originality with a coin...
Love that subtlety, Dave. 1941 was a good year for Woodies. :)
A million-dollar imaging setup is roughly four thousand different members with the ability to create perfect, professional imagery, added together. :D
The bust on these was rather high relief when struck, and usually wears out of proportion to the rest of the coin. I'm not comfortable with it...
If real, this is B-5/BB-27, the most common variety for the type. Gross details seem appropriate for the variety; it's known for a "bar" behind...
That's only one of the four known mint mark locations. Doesn't change the fact that - for reasons already mentioned in the thread, to which I'll...
For the same reasons. :D
You can touch the surface of your phone with such a glove and it, too, will leave no trace. Not even the function you desired it to perform. :)...
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