It's a keeper . . . especially on a 40% Ike. If submitted as an error, it almost certainly would get attributed, however, the cost of error...
Post mint damage . . . coin looks like it was squeezed in a vise.
AU55
That was a clamshell lamination that was "helped" by someone who didn't know it was better off left as-is.
This is not necessarily diagnostic of a fake. An absence of material from the planchet, such as flaking or a shallow delamination would cause...
Here's another fake quarter eagle. There are plenty of things to study on this "coin". I just noticed this one for the first time, and have no...
My perspective is that, for coins readily available from original rolls - mostly Morgan and Peace Dollars and minor silver coinage from 1916...
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Neat stuff!
If you want it badly enough, but want to assure yourself you will be happy after paying such a premium, ask him for a buy-back price.
Cameos are perhaps one of the most subjective of all areas of grading, as cameo contrast defines just that . . . a comparison of the depth of...
Such a comedian . . .
Looks perfectly normal to me.
The coin is in a PCGS holder. It looks like an AU55 to me, but I question whether it may have been called AT. In any case, I would chase a coin...
Nice looking coin . . . VF35 from me as well. I would have ventured XF if the residual luster was a little more apparent.
When gold bullion moves, you can generally expect numismatic gold to move less, both upward and downward. Said differently: The more common the...
You may have a dropped letter error - specifically a dropped mintmark - but your photos must be better to make that determination. In fact, you...
Hmm . . . (scratching my hairless head)
I haven't, but @Fred Weinberg almost assuredly has at least one of each of those planchets in stock. As for slabbing those other planchets . . ....
PCGS delays the date of receipt into their grading process as well . . . just look at the dates coins are signed for, and the dates on which they...
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