The coin that started the thread was very nice but we are currently guessing about the coin shown below.
You gotta guess first
The distribution of grades offered in the poll is very strange. As many people think the coin is AU58 as they do MS67. In the end, it doesn't...
Im at MS64 BN due to the light scratch in hair and significant hit behind head on obverse.
Lets start this thread back up again shall we. I purchased this coin raw 6 months ago and sold it recently as a graded MS65. How much did I pay...
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Anyone else wanna give their input before I show the obverse?
These wheel marks are killing me!
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Since I have no earthy idea and I can't imagine this going for more than $100, I grabbed by 1-100 D&D dice. The dice roll says $45.
This thread is a spinoff on the GTG format, but instead of guessing the assigned grade of the TPG, you will assign your grade by only looking at...
Plastic deformation is the term used in metallurgy to describe the permanent change in metal after a stress is applied. It has nothing to do with...
Plastic deformation doesn't change the crystal structure of the metal. So while I understand your point about die wear creating more vibrant...
From my days as a metallurgy student, IIRC, all precious metals have a FCC (Face Centered Cubic) crystalline structure, and I really don't think...
I was photographing a 1962 Jefferson Nickel with near full steps and I noticed that there is doubling of the LLO in MONTICELLO. At first glance,...
Misaligned Die on a registry quality coin. [IMG] [IMG] [IMG]
While the toning on this coin is going to turn many people off, the surfaces are actually very, very good. It appears to have good luster that is...
My first impression was AU, but I think that is mostly just soft strike. I'm at MS63.
I also have a hard time calling those surfaces gem. If they wanna say MS64 and the color bump goes to MS65, then ok but I wouldn't expect this...
It also bears mentioning, that the full step example that bumped the coin shown above also has the same bisecting die crack. [IMG] [IMG] [IMG]...
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