Not sure what you mean... 56% of people correctly identified that this is a circulated coin.
Some lines can be from cleaning. Here's the best way to tell the difference: take a look at the top picture I posted. Notice how the lines run...
I don't like the big staple scratches across the obverse, or the hairlines from an old brushing. I'd avoid that coin.
The advice I always give: always avoid details coins, if at all possible. To the OP - while I understand the "urge" to buy a coin, sometimes...
Not sure what you are talking about - good quality, large, full image photos are showing for me.
First - this coin is cool because it was minted in New Orleans, even though it doesn't have an O mintmark. The coin has AG-3+ details, but I...
In that case, my answer will be a qualified yes. Cameo coins are scarce, and many dates have low populations in 63/64CAM. If you're trying to...
What's more useful: a paragraph or two explaining what I'm seeing and why I grade the coin the way I do, or simply stating "AU-55"? One of these...
Over the life of the die, the repeated striking of coins tends to wear away at the die. This tends to smooth out sharp details. On an early die...
I'm not trying to be pompous. I'm trying to thoroughly explain what I see and describe the condition of the coin. I'm not trying to come off as...
I'm sorry if I offended you, Blackberry. It was not my intention. You asked a question about investment in coins, and my intention was to...
That is not an investment. That is speculation. Both have an important role in capitalism, but they are distinctly different.
I don't get it. You ask for opinions, and then yawn at my opinion? We've been back and forth over the past few months, MD11.... I really have no...
Coins / Investment. Debate as old as time. Coins should not be treated as investments unless you meet an extraordinarily tight set of wickets....
Assumption: all I have to judge is the single set of photos provided. Given this set of pictures, this coin has the look I associate with an AU...
Can you show some examples? I can't think of any off the top of my head.
The seller is "numisrus" on Ebay. He doesn't have anything listed right now, but I'm sure it won't be too long. I'm not sure what you consider...
I wish a lot more people thought like this, so that I could afford pieces like this. They are absolutely gorgeous!
Come on man. You post a quiz and make a big deal of it and have no idea what caused it yourself? That's not a quiz. That's an exercise in...
It was? I must have missed it. Where was it answered?
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