I'm not a grader, but going by the textual definition and photo grading standards somewhere in the low mint state.
While not unusual to find key and semi-key date coins in the raw, any seller with some common sense would have such pieces encapsulated simply for...
Outstanding addition.
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As did I. However, I found the 2-coin set on EBAY at a price I could live with, on a BIN, which was about 20% under what they're currently...
I agree with bradgator. They tend to bring a nice premium graded in their orignal case. Or so I've witness the sales at some coin shows over the...
Sweet! That was a very good price, and choice, indeed. I'd at least encapsulate it something like an Air-tite.
Nowadays, so many people rip on the Franklin Mint simply because of that Victorian cat image it conjures up. Joseph Segel was a brilliant...
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Persistence pays off. I'm in that same boat you were, and would also buy one details under the same criteria as yourself. Outstanding accomplishment.
Appears to be a minor scratch developed some time after leaving the mint. or the record, the dime is my personal favorite denomination. That said,...
Outstanding! Those slab pages simplify things, I use them myself.
Awesome! Most collector's would pass on album filling denominations beyond the Lincoln or Indian head (buffalo). The only route I'd have taken,...
Nice! Like the look in acquired.
These are one of those types which defy logic and back how popularity, not mintage, factors into coin collecting. As a Seated dime collector, I've...
First and foremost, Welcome! My greatest issue on the subject is the word play. Over the many years of being on EBAY, it was "Original", "Found in...
The best part of well worn coins such as this is being able to actually touch them! Nice score.
I use the Newman portal quite frequently or the ANA's links as I'm a member. https://nnp.wustl.edu/
Toning has a peculiar way of hiding flaws, for this reason I limit the premium above a like graded specimen. I'd let this one pass. But hey? To...
Cleaned, more apparent on the brighter reverse image.
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