I hate to say it but I think it may be fake. The bump on the left wheat stalk by the U in UNITED is found on a lot of counterfeits.
Would xylene work? Xylene is nonpolar (whereas acetone is more polar), and I think asphalt is primarily composed of long nonpolar hydrocarbon...
Reading is for fools- illiteracy is bliss! Just kidding. :p Congrats Ace!
If you have a smartphone, there is an app version of that website called "PCGS Photograde." I assume it has the same pictures, but it is a little...
I agree that they definitely don't want to arbitrarily call a 70 a 69, but I'd still be very very tempted to keep looking at it for an inordinate...
If I were high up in PCGS, I think I'd make it an unwritten rule that graders should avoid calling copper coins MS70 or PF70 if it would end up...
The obverse looks F+ and the reverse looks VG to me, so maybe a VG10 or F12 overall. Value-wise, maybe in the neighborhood of $50? It looks like...
At least it wasn't a 1909-S VDB! Actually, that one hole under the date could've taken out a mintmark... In all honesty if it was a 1909-S VDB...
I think I should go buy a 500 count box of nails and see if I could strike a deal with PCGS to get 'em graded. Sorta like the 500 coin ASE monster...
Is that a possible casting bubble I see by the rim near the star between "ONE" and "UNITED?"
Thank you for the clarification.
My 1835 quarter just arrived about 20 minutes ago! I believe it's a B-5 R.3. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
The most I'd be willing to pay is the cull Morgan price (around $20 per coin or so) and even then I'd be very leery. Several months ago there was...
I'm kind of neutral to Daniel Carr's overstrikes. They look really nice and it's a neat idea to make the fantasy pieces, but it's sad to see real...
Since silver is the most conductive metal for heat (and electricity), touching silver to ice causes the ice to instantly begin melting. Other...
I think I see it, approaching the beading. Thanks!
I'll guess: 1892 =AU50 1895-O =VF30 1900-S =VF25 1908 =VF30 1909 =VF20 1915-D =VF30 Good luck and keep us posted!
That bites! Would you be willing to post your own pictures of it? I'm not trying to rub salt in the wound here, I'm just having trouble picking...
Somehow I don't feel too surprised that Russia has an AK-47 featured on their coinage. :D
1738? Just kidding! My real guess is 1941, if the contest is still going.
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