One of the arguments for using the Sheldon grading numbers was that it put an end to using the imprecise language you noted above.
For those who have not been around forever, the 70 point Sheldon scale was set up as a pricing shortcut tool. Each Sheldon large cent variety had...
It is probably worth getting it authenticated. Although the piece, if genuine, which I think it is, would get a "details" grade. There are...
I think all of us agree that the piece in OP has been cleaned. The trouble is I don't see a cleaning pattern that comes from sliding on a poker...
Here is an example from PCGS Coin Facts in a similar sharpness grade, VF-20. I am not sure about the rims on your piece. They just don't look...
No knowing much about the size and scope of the show, predicting what to take is not easy. In general I'd take anything you you are sure you want...
I voted AU-55. It definitely has some light wear. I see a pattern to some of the marks on the reverse, but I don't think that it's bad enough to...
The great thing about the Iowa commemorative half dollar is that it was distributed fairly. There was no "out the backdoor" nonsense for "favored...
Here are two tokens, with different finishes, from the 1936 Roosevelt re-election campaign. Note the New Deal images. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I agree. There was no need to collect those coins back in the day. They were made to bilk collectors out of more money. It was one of biggest...
This campaign medal is neat with the Zeppelin on it. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
And yet, it's only #8. The coins are easy to find in high grade. All it takes is money.
Both of these coins are in MS-64 holders. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] The reverse of the Washington - Carver piece once stated...
Wow! That must go WAY BACK. I never saw any "old commemoratives" in circulation! I finished the 50 piece type set many years ago. The grades...
Yes, but barely. This is not my thing, but I’ve read selling copy with words like “fully rounded,” and the horizontal line on this coin is far...
These coins are very prone to marks on the portraits. The thing I don’t care for on the Washington - Carver piece is the marks above the United...
When I was a dealer, the collectors who gave me the blow back on small coins, were not old at all. Since my earliest days of interacting with...
Yes, it’s my understanding that there are many of these owl coins available. News hoards seem to popping up regularly. The one you posted has a...
You have to like that for the price. :rolleyes: The one thing you going for you is size. Many collectors don't like small coins, and tiny ones,...
Here's the real thing. I think the size of the cap is a matter of artistic license. A larger one would not have fit in the space. [ATTACH]
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