Your coin looks genuine to me, but cleaned, as previously pointed out.
Maybe so . . . but it looks to me like it was probably a good decision.
I'll PM you.
A scarce 1906-O $10 Lib in AU . . . [ATTACH] [ATTACH] A near gem BU 1929-D SLQ with interior cud under drapery below Miss Liberty's right arm....
It depends on the coin(s). To save time I go straight to Grey Sheet For something common . . . for something scarce or rare I use auction...
Trading under 13,000 at this writing.
It appears more broadstruck than off center, but because some of the L in LIBERTY is lost at the edge of the coin, it is technically an off center.
66+
Will sandblasting help this Lincoln? . . . Sure won't hurt it!
Not especially, no, but they are unusual enough to keep in one's collection as an error type. Below is a more pronounced example on an earlier...
Looks like you have a tapered planchet Trevor.
Sorry . . . I'm not interested. Good luck hooking some other sucker.
I'm constantly adding and, regrettably, subtracting . . .
I strongly suspect that the indices so often quoted are based primarily on the key and semi-key issues so familiar to those tracking the strength...
This has everything to do with people finally gaining access to better data and realizing that many coins were regarded as scarce or even rare...
I think the softness of detail is far too uniform for the coin to have been struck through grease . . . my vote is a capped die strike as well.
Neat looking coin.
I'm not sure it's worthy of a featured article Alan . . . a candidate for Best Answer perhaps? I'll consider posting again, as suggested PF . . .
"At what price level is a coin worth being graded?" Yours is a very difficult question to answer with universal applicability, but I'll give you...
Agreed PMD . . . unless a finned rim or rim burr at the outer edge of the rim, the sheared edge inbound of the rim of the coin should not be...
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