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Coins with light spotting like seen on both sides always makes me nervous when it comes time to guess the grade. Could be anything from 64 to...
Take your time, I'm in no rush. :)
Yes, I do. See all the blown highlights (i.e. completely white areas devoid of detail)? That's the dead ringer for an overexposed photo...
Both photos have issues (#1 exposure is too high, #2 white balance is too warm), but if forced to choose, I'd choose 2.
The government can do virtually anything it wants. The better question, IMO, is WILL they. I don't think so -- in fact, I'm betting on it. ;)
On the Lincoln -- while there is some "scatter" on any proof coin (because the surfaces on a very small scale aren't really a perfect mirror), I...
While not prooflike, I suspect it's a little light on the luster, which would explain the semi-oblique toning.
There will be exceptions because of the phenomenon GDJMSP describes -- as toning grows thicker, more towards black, it becomes more visible at...
Slab it and sell it to me. :)
While it is true that toning is more visible at different angles when it gets thicker, that's not the reason for the phenomenon you describe....
For business struck coins in slabs: Short answer -- loose axial and go to (in)direct lighting. Try and get the light as "high" as possible. For...
Sometimes I think OGH really stands for "I can't grade". lol That said, the only value I see in any old holder is that they speak to the...
It isn't that way today. Today, technical grading does a poor job of predicting value on coins that are more (or less) valuable than their...
Sure, market grading is more fluid than technical grading. However, "volatile" suggests it changes from day to day, when in reality the changes...
What makes you say it's unopened? I've seen some pretty devious work done in the past, and they looked unopened too.
Yes, really, and no, I was not reference Sheldon grading, but I was referring to my understanding of TPG grading. That said, I have no citations,...
You can add me to that list, too. :)
OK, I'll ask -- are you sure it's real?
p.s. G, I'm not sure I'd call that a 90, more like a 75 -- but regardless, it's tough to judge such things from photos (although Kanga gives us a...
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