I view this differently. Assigning a description of Fine Details establishes the value of a problem-free coin, from which a lesser value may be...
Very nice job lining up those 2 images for comparison, Books.
I predict that, after all of the collectors of ASE, AGE, modern commems and state quarters tire of the mundane-ness (real word?) of those...
All dies I have seen are largely flat-faced, and only depart from that plane near the very edge of the dies. I personally am convinced that the...
I take it back . . . I found a few sets of photos of die trials of Washington quarters, and one of them shows the motto disappearing just like the...
Contrary to what most likely think, and possibly even contrary to what the holder says, I believe this is a strike through grease. Why would one...
Packaging?
It depends . . . if step 4 is complete where it appears bridged in the unfocused image, the coin may be 5 1/4 steps, although the coin is most...
There's so little difference between prices for different grades on this date that, if you like the coin, you can hardly go wrong.
This rehashed topic fatigues me . . .
Yup . . . likin' that.
That's probably a bubble of gas trapped in the planchet.
Let's be more serious than that. The air has to come out of the ASE / AGE / moderns bag sooner or later, and when it does, what's left? The...
I think they needed a sacrificial lamb to blame for their declining revenues. In a nutshell, he had no more to do with it than the remaining...
I bought a couple of cleaned & retoned coppers that I still keep as reminders.
Same with my daughter . . .
Oh, I don't think the third has been cleaned & retoned . . . I suspect it will grade the best of the three coins.
You really need to furnish a better image of the entire coin.
I have no interest in complying with yet another numerical system . . . it's already stealing the fun of collecting from the market in favor of...
Big time score!
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