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Looks like a VF-20.
Yes, I'd say that it's secondary toning after a dip, but it's still okay. When I was sending in coins for grading when I was dealer, I used to...
It's too many coins for my poor brain to process in one post. :( You should really have to hunt to find a mark on an MS-67 graded coin. It should...
It looks like an S-21 to me. I see traces of the second crack from the top of the head to "LI" in "LIBERTY." on the high grade pieces in the Noyes...
If all or most of those marks are raised, the grade is possible. If they are into the coin, I think you got a gift grade. Graders can be tougher...
It's a pass for me. This set is as interesting as watching paint dry or counting the love bugs who get in under my front door during their flying...
The way the mint issue prices are going these days, the 60+ year old Proof sets are cheaper to buy than the new stuff. I finally completed the...
Interesting write-up, @Parthicus. I wish that I have could have "Scotty beam me down" to the Baltimore show and beam me back when I was done....
I have trying to read more on my British hammered coins. This is quite a task because many of them have mushy or missing letters that impossible...
It could have been buried in the ground and run over by something also. It is definitely post mint damage.
I have no problem with the 1804 "Original" silver dollars. They were first made for diplomatic purposes, and a few more were made at the same...
Usually, it's only day or two. If a weekend gets involved, those weekend days will not count. If you try to submit a coin that is in someone...
I buy into the concept that the mint made a 1913 dated die as a back-up in case the new Buffalo Nickel design happened to fall through. For...
When the Coinage Act of 1792 was passed, there was a quarter dollar, which was one-fourth of a dollar. The quarter eagle was one-fourth of an...
Mint marks were on the reverse of a great many coins, except the cent, for a long time. They appeared on the obverse of gold coins ($2.50 and...
A lot of the “missing detail” was never there.
My guess would be AU-50. These first coins by John Reich often had inconsistent strikes. Here is an 1807 "50 over 20" variety. The "5" in "50"...
Whitman has an "Official Red Book" on "Franklin & Kennedy Half Dollars" third edition. I have found these books to be consistently informative.
"1795, a Pivotal Year at the First U.S. Mint" The year 1795 marked the beginning of a period when the first United States Mint was under intense...
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