Sorry this is off-topic of DB quarters. But to the topic of cuds in low-grade coins: They are sometimes visible. Here's a 1836 LM-1.2 purchased...
I use acetone to remove organic contaminants from silver and nickel coinage, but not copper. While I can't attest to it from personal experience,...
I am composing a document for my heirs on how to dispose of my collection. I have a section titled "Do's and Dont's" and here's an excerpt: [ATTACH]
Very nice Isabella, @Salient. These have increased in price pretty significantly since 2019 when I bought mine, shown below. [ATTACH]
I keep my inventory in Excel with associated Word documents and JPG photo directories. I am not comfortable with having my records of these...
Here's your second one with this color or close to it. Bought from Col. Steve Ellsworth at FUN show 2020. Graded MS-63 but really EAC AU-58....
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I faced a similar question last year but my goal was to eliminate, as much as was financially sane, all the unslabbed coins in my collections. In...
Toning but not attractive. And an unusually poor photo for GC these days.
Yes, that was his table dba "Butternut Coins". I saw several people over three days searching that pile with a loupe.
Is that the only US farthing?
Missed seeing you this year @bikergeek. Yes, the half dimes were CB, not LS. They are 1832 LM-10.2 PCGS G-06 R-6 from Brad Karoleff and 1830...
Busy day on Thursday. I was on the floor at 8:30 and left at 5:30. Still busy. Found a R6 half dime and a 1882 nickel in PF-67 that I liked....
The proof Walking Liberty half dollars (1936-42) have to be examined carefully for excessively polished dies. I saw a 1942 where the upper half...
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Well, I'd be at AU-50 to 53 but I don't see any luster. So, I'll say AU-50.
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I'd call the Buff F-12 and the $1 XF-45.
I went back and re-attributed this coin and confirmed that both sides match all the attributes of the S-65. Additionally, I took photos of the...
@KBBPLL, that seems the most likely reason for their determination. But I find it difficult to believe that this coin is so damaged they can't...
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