I don't know "Dick" from Adam, but I do know that "great toning" name from eBay. I would personally never bid on one of the "great toning" coins...
One would think for a coin with a mintage of 200,000 pieces that a nice MS example would be easy to come by. I searched for 18 months before I...
Might you have a reputable source (citation) for this comment? Or are you just going from memory? ;)
OK, here are a few of my new pieces since my last post in December. [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG]
Who cares? Just pick one or the other combination and go with it.
I'm trying to hunt down more information on this Libertas Americana restrike bronze medal from 1983. This particular medal was minted at the...
Picked up these two from the post-office today. [IMG] [IMG]
Great looking coin. Here's my example of the coin. [IMG]
I think it looks properly graded at 63 if the images are accurate. I reiterate my original comments regarding the scattered marks, etc.
...because I collect coins with horses on them, I love old copper, and this was my first serious purchase for myself a couple years ago (for my...
So my statement was correct -- in both instances you used the term "cleaning". Sometimes you use it with no adjectival modifier, and other times...
An assigned "plus" grade means the coin almost achieves the next higher technical (numeric) grade. Star means the coin has (in the opinion of...
Doug uses the term "cleaning" for everything ranging from an acetone bath to rubbing with a brillo pad. I would say that is NOT the general...
Man, this kind of thread is always impossible for me. Here are a few of my favorites...at least for today. Who knows what they would be...
In Ray's defense, posting a coin or a question on more than one forum doesn't mean that a person didn't get the opinion they were hoping for....
From those images, it looks to be a well struck, highly lustrous, lovely toned Lincoln cent. I voted 66RB.
It looks like wear in the right wheat stalk on the reverse to me. It's hard to tell from the images, but I would be surprised if this coin graded MS.
I wouldn't say "overpaid" but I'd say he probably paid full "retail" ;)
I'd grade it around AU 55 BN. Maybe $12-15.
No, George you're fine, the comment is intended for the original poster. It's not so useful to just say a coin is the "world's ugliest MS63...
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