If I had a job, I would buy a Barber half dollar that looks better than the one in your avatar. Then I would point and laugh at yours and say...
ALSO. Take a good look at the ONE CENT part of the reverse. As you can see the fields vary in glossiness. That right there tells me it has been...
Not only that, but if the planchet was pitted, the pits would be sticking out, not incuse.
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I really hate to burst your bubble. The toning does not look natural at all. I really think this coin is AT. Judging by the pits in the fields,...
From a science website: Copper reacts photochemically with acetone and water vapor to form acetic acid. The acetic acid then reacts with copper...
Cleaning a coin does not necessarily change it's grade, depending on harshness, but it will lower it's value dramatically.
I've ruined two perfectly good copper coins with acetone. 100% pure sunnyside acetone. One was a nice XF large cent with original surfaces. Made...
Acetone is not very good for copper. Silver and nickel it's OK.
On my coin collection? No. I have like $30 worth of coins right now.
I bet those stickers are not easy to remove either.
You mean the one that has stickers like "same as 3 pizzas"?
I would rather spend $1500 on a coin with a mintage of 1,500 then $5000 on a coin with a mintage of 150,000
Another thread prompted this question. The 1882 3 dollar gold coin. ONLY 1,500 minted. The last 3 I saw on eBay sold for $1400. Maybe it's...
I would sent off to NGC for a 2nd opinion. I'm thinking that as low as the mintage is, there is a small possibility of your coin being fake. I'm...
Hard to say, for me. However that coin is beautiful, and has nice devices. I'm pretty sure the coin could hit MS60, if not higher. Defiantly one...
IDK if you have any plans to sell it, but if you do I think auction would be better than sticking a price tag on it.
Maybe I'm wrong, but I think a CS on such an early date coin would attract some attention. Edward J. Chapin was no exception. He was a native of...
For $40 right now you can get a nice AU slabbed example of this coin. IMO, since a lot of these were cleaned, I would shoot for a problem free coin.
According to that there is enough gold to give everyone .76 troy ounces. I want a chunk! lol.
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