This is a proper coin to get an “altered surfaces” designation. I don’t know how PCGS defines “altered surfaces” as of late. And if you did have...
Can confirm. Don’t feel too bad. I see these in dealers’ cases regularly. The shapes of the dates, the rims, and the lack of definition around the...
I don’t recommend displaying your collection. You open yourself up to people seeing what you have and then getting your house broken in to.
*Sees holder. Proceeds to ignore coin.* Says a lot about the market, doesn’t it?
I suggest reading through this: https://www.cointalk.com/threads/how-to-detect-cleaned-coins.327555/
Nice DDO
XF details, and VF-30 The first one has a bright silvery color and has a very glossy appearance. That indicates that it is cleaned.
Another difference is that ancient coins stand on their own and are valued based on the coins themselves. Less wear? Higher value. Poorly...
Cleaning and recoloring is quite definitely a possibility
Grading ancients is very inexact, and ancients collectors (usually) don’t pay crazy for minor quality improvements. Giving “exact” grades to coins...
Same here. The diagnostics are correct, but something “feels” off.
I guess in my quick glance on my phone, I mistook planchet roughness for contact marks. Looking again, I agree with your statement that this coin...
I was referring to the OP’s coin
There was one dealer who was hyping the fact that a coin had ONLY 36 pieces graded at that grade level. It was SOOOOOOOO rare! He did not like it...
Are the scratches on the reverse on the coin or on the holder?
I does not change the fact that you are wrong in how you define an objective standard. Oh what did you say earlier? :rolleyes: I’m done.
You are very wrong in your definition of an “objective standard”. An ojective standard is one which has been clearly defined and is looked to to...
For me, homework has always counted 20% of my grade, and tests have always been at least 50%. Your attempt to be coy was just an excuse to evade...
Technical grading is only subjective for borderline cases. Like is it VF-35 or EF-40 when it could swing either way no matter how many experts...
AU-58
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