As for the Ike, it appears to have been cracked out and put into an album. The spot over IGWT was probably a contaminant consistent with being...
So PCGS was initially wrong? :rolleyes: I showed this coin to several people, including dealers and experts, and the only one who agreed with...
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Ipad with crappy dorm lighting: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
VG-08 VF-25 VF-20. Color makes me think cleaned. VF-30 assuming they did not detail it for the glue residue F details, graffiti EF details,...
Your pictures have way too much direct incident lighting. I can’t tell luster or number of hits. It looks pretty clean though. I’ll go with...
This coin probably has more history attached to it than any single US coin (with VERY few exceptions), yet look at its surface preservation. It...
I tried bidding on a coin in this auction, but I got outbid by one increment. :( (and no, I am not sharing it so I don’t advertise this type...
Watch list entries have a less-confusing form of the date. [ATTACH]
I have been regularly checking @Severus Alexander’s website to see when the auction gets posted, and I was happily surprised to see it up and...
https://www.cointalk.com/threads/toning-is-corrosion.319522/
My comment was tongue-in-cheek. Over-hyping toning is rampant on Facebook, as well as scammers and misleading dealers.
You want to see cancer? Join Facebook coin-selling groups. They make eBay look angelic.
Polishing just removes a fine layer of material. The marks would still be there
The color transitions on the obverse were very wierd. That’s probably why it detailed the first time.
Looks polished
Hrmmmmmm.......
I’ll see what I can do
You missed the point. I am just showing that there are terms in numismatics which no longer follow their technical definitions. That does not...
It is just at valuless as applying the term “uncirciulated” to an early US coin.
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