Good question. I followed instructions I was given and placed the coin in the bottom of a beaker, then filled with acetone and swished the...
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The coin is back from SEGS and Graded PROOF 63 Details, Environmental Damage. Still looks great. Now it is protected. I washed it 5 times in...
I would say buy immediately and don't hesitate. Nice coin. I no longer hesitate buying coins I need or want and sometimes don't need but the...
It could be they were setting up the machine pressure, like a trial strike and somehow the planchet got out of the mint rather in the junk box....
Are you allowed to weigh them? Bust Dollars, 27 grams. The Morgans and Peace, 26.73 grams. Bust Dollar Diameter should be 39-40 mm. Should Not...
On another forum, the Lost Dutchman said" Chop marks were made famous by US trade dollars. They were used earlier on Spanish milled dollars that...
I always tell New Collectors to Read the Book before they buy the coin in whatever series they want to collect. I have the Big Grey VAM Book and...
I would definitely know if a coin was switched. Here is why. First I determine the variety of the coin I send in to a TPG. Then I do a...
This is an interesting thread. The S mint mark looks like one of the S/S VAM varieties when enlarged. I also enlarged the other pictures and the...
Well sort of. I've been collecting coins for 64 years. I'm also obsessive compulsive. I like Morgan and Peace dollars and putting an average...
Hmmm, my adVISE would be a VISE job of some type. Post Mint Damage or PMD. Keep looking for the genuine double struck in collar. There are some...
Looks like a late die state and a clashed die variety of the RPD variety. Great coin find. How many were struck before the die cracked into...
You can never lose money on the beauty of a coin if you don't sell it in a panic state because the price of gold or silver has dropped. Never buy...
I also have the two books the Moderator mentioned. I have at least a half dozen grading guide books and another half dozen on counterfeit and...
This is the book I use. "Grading coins by Photographs" by Q. David Bowers. The one by James F. Ruddy is good but I would suggest the one by...
I've enlarged both of your coins. It's been written that maybe 90% of the coins before the early 1900's have been cleaned. Years ago information...
The damage is so great on the coin it is hard to make out the FG even enlarging the pictures. It looks like they are there but weak from the...
Hmmm, Post the rarest ones first for all to see. Then the most common. Oh, and all the VAM varieties of the 1928 Peace so everyone will know...
I have seen worse disparity in grading from the same TPG's so I always say buy the coin and not the holder. Learn to grade is an important...
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