Thanks to all. I'm planning to start slowly, learning on the job. If everyone plays nice, I'll have very little to learn . . .
MS66 (PL, if they'll designate it PL)
If they fail your tests, and are definitely counterfeits, I suggest bending or breaking each in a bench vise with an adjustable wrench. If you...
Not to put words in your mouth, but I think you might have wanted to express your thought differently. The most distracting of marks do not wear...
Because a coin need only equal or surpass the minimum requirements for full head, which is less than a perfect strike, and some coins were struck...
Ditto
Nice coin!
I forgot to mention something else, and my ability to edit my post timed out before I remembered . . . Intentionally, or not, the majority of the...
AU53 AU55 or Unc Dets - Cleaned, depending on how many more hairlines are on the coin than are evident in the photos.
I've bought coins in Heritage auctions BUT, and this is very important, I have never bought a coin I did not examine in person, and am very glad...
I think you should never have asked the seller to break up the lot. As the buyer, you owe it to the seller, and to your own conscience to take...
Wow . . . nice photos.
I have long collected and dealt in cameo proofs between 1950 and 1970. I have also had differences with the grades / attributions sometimes...
PR55 VF35
Frankly, the conservation and submission for a certified grade of AU, over what is obviously an appealing XF45 raw coin, at a cost of perhaps $50...
XF45 . . . conservation would ruin a great looking coin like this. It has loads of personality as it presently sits.
Now THAT'S what I call a great banking relationship. I don't mind an institution like that charging fees for their services.
AU55
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