Regarding the OP... I'm with the group which thinks the coin will look very different in hand. It's more likely to look grayish, but what the...
Another observation - the gash on your coin reminds me of a water skiier making a hard turn. His ski forms a trough below the water and throws up...
+3 Yes, that's an awful gouge. The better question is "how can one tell the difference ?" A gouge moves metal. Some of the metal has to come up...
I definitely understand your concern; those are classic symptoms of a cast fake. I just can't tell from these photos. Sometimes, I think those...
I tend to agree. The percentage premium is highest on lower value coins - a $50 coin easily becomes a $100 coin (a 100% premium). On more...
How awful. I didn't know him, but I know many of you on this thread and my heart and prayers go out to anyone who has suffered a personal loss...
Strongly agree. Overall, I like NGC and feel the "PCGS Preference" is overrated. However, I feel NGC is much more likely than PCGS to give out...
A minor clip like that won't hurt the value. If it's an "edge of strip" planchet, the "clip" will typically be perfectly flat and perpendicular to...
Hobo makes a vital point. And since the transfer dies are poor relative to the sacrificed host coin, counterfeiters often tool the dies, trying to...
Yep. It also tends to give blobby details, which some folks feel plague this piece.
I'm with Leadfoot. I can't condemn this coin as counterfeit from those photos... but I'm on an iPhone, and they aren't coming across properly.
My apologies for being unclear. Of course the grains are part of the design. Lapping the die can, and often does, remove some detail features....
The weakness on the left side is probably not due to assymetrical wear, but rather on uneven strike due to a maladjusted coining press or buckled...
Can you examine the coin in hand ? If so, check the edge reeding. Counterfeits are notorious for very poor edge reeding. Some are so bad the...
I have had coins cross from ANACS to PCGS at par. Not many, but some. It's the exception, not the rule. I must say that today's ANACS has a...
I am aware of a major collection of raw coins which were sent to PCGS with instructions to body bag any problem coins (thus leaving them raw). The...
I was really hoping you would win this one, Marshall. I don't know who won it, but I do know there are very few Sheldon varieties which pull an...
I will keep my eyes peeled ! I would love to add a third coin to the NC-1 population... until then, I got nuthin' !!! "...and when ya got...
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