Fascinating stuff, guys. Thanks for the information!
67 is my guess obverse may be a 68, spots on reverse hold it back, IMO.
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Having trouble with these photos. Photos look overexposed suggesting a darker coin in hand. Obverse clearly weakly struck. Reverse a bit better....
I find myself contemplating a familiar question: So what did it look like when submitted? Hmmm... Going by the look of the coin in the photo,...
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What coin? Do you have pics? I would not expect a mint employee to do such a thing to the coin itself, but something could happen outside the...
To the OP: From what you've explained, you have no contract or an enforceable agreement, IMO. That said, and from what you've written, it does...
I always thought this effect was caused by die erosion, i.e. the fields starting to "refrost"???
I seem to recall seeing other DMPLs like this too.
First reaction -- 66. But obverse luster is a mystery. I'm gong to have to think about this one for a little while....
Unless there's something I'm missing -- that cheek is way too clean for a 64. I think it will go at least 65 upon submission.
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Could be a noob bought it. Could be someone thought it was an upgrade. Could be someone simply liked it. Who knows.
Proof sets, outside of cherrypicking for extremely high grade or varieties, have proven to be terrible investments by and in large. That is...
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Cool coin! Your coin proves a coin doesn't need to be expensive or mint state to be attractive. :)
Matt, Those are wonderful photos. Are you using Camera Control Pro 2? Neat program, isn't it?
What if the diamond wasn't struck to begin with? Why the focus on the diamond? TPGs grade by luster, not (myopic, IMO) ANA "grading by details".
After 200 of them, that also makes you predictable -- I'll bet if we went back and did some analysis it would show you have a predilection to...
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