I would be the one that is going to buy the coin because the slab, because it represents a time in grading history. The coin deserves the slab...
Verdicare would be the only thing I would try.
Sorry to hear that MrWeasul. If anyone ever sees a WTS from me. It didn't happen. LOL I would let everyone know I wanted to sell some of my coins.
It looks corroded to me also, Verdigris can be removed but it takes years to learn how to do it correctly. And even then, you can still tell that...
Good read Pete!
They are too strait, and parallel. The lines are in the planchet surface, they have nothing to do with PMD.
I have never heard anyone pass on the details of how a grader comes up with a grade. I wouldn't say that it is guessing, the planchets will still...
Neat collection Vorpaledged.
I dig the early stage Lincoln brockage, the Potter. Cool pieces of history.
That is damage from a hand punch. Notice how the punch in the obverse obliterated the design on the reverse.
Here is a 2020D Roosevelt with the same heavy planchet striations. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
With roller lines/planchet striations they exist because of the density of one area vs the next. These do not get fully removed from the planchet...
MS65 By the way I think you still have a GTG still open. You might want to check.
They look like heavy planchet striations to me. Those are the heaviest I have seen. That doesn't look like PMD to me.
Here is a page from Numista. Not sure if it will help. looks like there are a lot of links in the OP post. THREAD - IDENTIFICATION OF COUNTERMARKS...
I don't have credit cards, and only use cash.
If they do, then I don't feel so much like a hoarder. My problem is I get side tracked. And then the stack just keeps getting added to.
Just a young'un. Happy Birthday.
I have a terrible habit of stacking coins from the days change, until it makes a mess on my kitchen table. Here is the rest of the ashtray. I was...
Here is another photo of the obverse. [ATTACH]
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