XF45
No doubt about the pristine coin in some series being unusual, but my observation is that none of the big three shy away from classifying major...
Your point is well taken, however the industry has already established precedents by classifying die breaks, cuds, misaligned dies and rotated...
Hi Jason, I wish to add a bit of my own flavor on this topic, and I expect push-back from others. I agree that varieties address many...
XF Details, cleaned and retoned
Very natural coin, weakly struck . . . I think they pushed it to AU53.
It's better than a broadstrike, if you can get them to recognize it as double-struck too. I think you'll have to spell it out for them on the...
Thanks. I didn't want to draw this conclusion based on one image alone, although I could have. I believe your coin is double struck, with the...
In my experience, it's tough to get full strike designations on error coins because of the unevenness of strike, however I wouldn't discourage you...
How did I miss THAT?
Tell us you didn't pay only $19 for that roll of Indians . . .
Extraordinary find!
A conditionally rare $10.00 1882-S in MS63 [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Yeah, Green . . . nice look.
How'd it grade?
Couldn't have said it better myself . . . nominated for Best Answer.
Right with you Cal, this is my single biggest gripe.
With proper training, they can indeed catch cleaning in just a few seconds that most might take minutes or even require the guidance of another to...
The Numismatist - Are old ones worth anything to anyone? Nah . . . they're wrinkly, old near-sighted curmudgeons that sit around doing nothing...
Whew . . . I was beginning to worry that I'd be bellyaching my way into bed.
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