The only truly rare Roosevelt dimes are arguably the no-S error pieces from later in the series.
Show me the gold!!!!! (Double eagle and quarter eagle, if I remember correctly.)
If memory serves me correctly, similar fears were behind Germany's repatriation of its gold from the US and Britain in recent years.
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Assuming that that service also came with a lower price point, I would definitely be an active user!
Agreed with previous posters; the discrepancy between the luster shown sand the weakness of the feathers on the eagle's breast caught my eye.
Then let's call it what it is: a decline in grading standards!
I don't think that luster alone is enough to make a coin MS; after all, AU-58 coins are "sliders" that could probably have graded MS-62/63 were it...
AU-58. Slight wear on the eagle's breast and on the obverse hair.
The way I see it, grading objectivity is only really possible for AG-MS broadly defined. Once we start hashing out the difference between a MS-64...
I thought I had seen it all. Then I read your last paragraph!
My philosophy on gold: buy it in the hope that it doesn't go up significantly in value. If it does, chances are, things will be looking pretty...
I agree that there are technically three types; however, for whatever reason, most type set albums I've seen only have enough slots for the...
I had something similar happen to a 1925 double eagle of mine; slabbed by NGC as MS-61, so clearly genuine, but not the most attractive visually.
Are they trying to claim that the eagle's feathers on the reverse are simply weakly struck? I find that hard to believe.
Of the three new designs adopted in 1916 (dime, quarter, half dollar), I find this to be by far the most visually appealing. Shame it was replaced...
Ughh.
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