PCGS graded this Oregon Trial Half Dollar MS-64. [ATTACH]
Since you say that the results were not quite what you expected, I’ll guess the slab grade is MS-64. These coins are mostly in the high grades....
A messed up 1955 doubled die cent.
The obverse has the sharpness of a high end VF. The reverse is better, but that doesn’t grade the coin. It’s a shame that an amateur coin doctor...
With that coin, there was a race between “environmental damage” and MS-66. For the PCGS graders, MS-66 won. For me it’s a pass, especially at that...
The 1909 VDB has a better story surrounding it. Oddly enough, however, I like the 1909-S Indian better than I like the 1909-S-VDB.
That falls into the “stuff happens” category. It’s bad, but it wasn’t intentional. Cleaned, however, something else. I’ve seen 1955 doubled die...
There are “fingerprints,” but you need a photographic mind and a huge memory to recall them without help (book, photos etc.). The “vampire” marks...
There might be rules, but they are easily broken. When I was a dealer, other dealers asked me to bid on their eBay lots. “You won’t have to buy it...
There are no hard and fast guidelines for that. Some Chinese counterfeits are pretty bad while others are scary. A number of the pieces that Jack...
I don't know exactly where you are going with the question, but if you crack the fake out of a counterfeit slab, you have a fake that is no longer...
So they are now showing pictures of their "mint." Yes, it is funny in a horrid sort of way.
If they ban them, they just come back with a different name.
Wyoming is right "down here too." When I saw that outline of the cowboy on the bucking bronco, I thought that the coin was defective.
I was born and raised in Delaware. There are not a lot of numismatic things you can collect from Delaware. There are no Hard Times or Civil War...
Grant’s life was marked by huge successes and huge failures. He never seemed to be able to settle into what you might call “happy mediocrity.”...
EAC grading can come in two forms. The good form provides a valuable description of the coin. It takes into account the problems that one...
Generally not that good. The bright spot in the center indicates a cleaning attempt. The ideal color for a cent is light tan to milk chocolate....
Ulysses S. Grant was president for two terms, from 1869 to 1877. After leaving office, Grant and his wife, Julia, traveled to Europe where they...
From the close-up shots of the OP coin, I’d say that it is massively over graded. If all you have to use for an on-line auction is photos, “glamor...
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