It has the look of DDO-002 but it also has a bit of Die Deterioration. Put it in a flip and come back to it after you have gained more knowledge....
Yes, really. The clad planchet is too dense.
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86' Lincolns are a bad habit of mine, P or D doesn't matter. If I am the only one ever to convey this knowledge to you. The value of a coin is in...
The carbon spots stick out like a sore thumb, The luster is smooth, nt much eye appeal, It also has it's fair amount of planchet roughness. Just...
70D could only be found in a Mint set. Not sure what the give away was?
Wow just WOW!
It's impossible to tell anything from those photos.
MS65
It's the new AU58. Slider MS61
Gold coins are made of .900 fine gold not .891 fine.
A few bag marks and some light luster grazes. I voted MS66.
No worries Cliff.
I believe that that is just the fineness of the ingot. Honestly though,I am not sure. I would imagine that the mint used .9999 pure gold and added...
I never said any of this, I said that the first thing I look for is luster and eye appeal. Then Contact/circ and last planchet roughness. It...
What did it look like before conservation?
IMO the luster looks fairly nice. but, not what you would expect from a gem or better. Don't mind what looks like small bag marks on the high...
I went 64. Anacs has been grading pretty conservative lately. These IKE's are sometimes graded lenient due to planchet roughness but not bag marks.
I think that I would contact the Society. It might bennefit you to find out if this was a commemorative token. Or a token given out at the second...
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