Any day finding silver is a great one! Could you please tell your friend to not scrub his coins with a wire brush?
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Let’s take this coin for example. I can’t find any trace of wear, so I will call it uncirculated. Even if it did have a touch of wear, you would...
I think this system would calm a lot of nerves when it comes to grading. Or how about this: a coin gets graded “genuine and problem-free” with no...
That seems to be the metric that the TPGs use as well.
Stacking “friction” looks more scuffy than worn. I find that acceptable for a low-MS coin.
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So what I’m against is overgrading being disguised as market grading?
The strongest advocates for market grading argue that the surface damage caused by slight friction should be commensurate with surface damage...
I changed the angle of the overlay image slightly. The second 1 lines up much better now. As stated earlier, the other inconsistencies have clear...
Now that I am back from church, I can take a closer (and longer) look at this. It appears that the second 1 is slightly off and the interior of...
Keep in mind that the the coin is not necessarily parallel with the camera. I had to correct for that and the rotation. The second set of new...
I just did an overlay on my own, and it is an exact match to mintmark position 3. By “exact,” I mean EXACT. I used a transparency overlay, which...
Notice how the top of the first 8 on the suspect coin is not lit up. That makes the 7 look gigantic next to it. It is just an illusion.
I’m going to echo these concerns. The rim on the left side initially caught my eye. The location where VDB is on later cents has been extensively...
It looks like there are areas on the obverse where the luster is disturbed. Notably, These areas are where I see hairlines
Or those who want clear standards, especially when the difference of a single point can mean the difference of thousands of dollars. :) The...
Looks like it could go at least MS-62/63 PL. I’d crack it out and get it graded by PCGS (only because people like Morgans in their holders...
I saw a guy on Facebook who took a knife and cut out a $500 coin by cutting around the coin in the slab. I told him that it was extremely...
This is why I use the term “cartwheel luster” independently of “luster”.
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