I was quite surprised when this fell into my lap. I saw the die chip above the date, and I immediately knew what this was. This Die pair was...
Winna winna chicken dinna
It is a flat brown with some original red peeking out in a few places. There are no other colors. Bill Fivaz has seen this in hand, and he called...
I see no wear on it in hand. My grade is MS-62. [ATTACH]
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My thought was that VF-25 was rather generous for the coin.
i came home to the US last night. I have spent a good portion of the morning sorting through my mail and getting stuff ready to start selling....
All of this fits in the thread. Quick mental math says I paid an average of around $5 each. Better pictures of some of the individual US coins are...
VF-25, old cleaning.
My point is that the novice will see improper and/or proper and will realize that there is a right and wrong way to clean a coin. This will raise...
In that case your terms may need changing to reflect the common mentality brought about by the ambiguity in the TPG’s designations. If a novice...
I was thinking the same thing. Yellow is the first color in the toning color progression.
Glorious :)
I read your post wrong. Ignore me. In my defense I was a bit inebriated.
So, where so you draw the line? Distilled water dissolves and loosens crud much in the same way as acetone does. Both are technically chemicals,...
The prongs sure are, though!
I was referring to a layer of dust that settled on the coin, which is not chemically bonded to the coin. If your definition of cleaning is that...
Depends on how draconian your definition of “cleaning” is. If it is the removal of any matter from the coin’s surface, then yes. If it is the...
I know people who have collected coins for 40 years and have no idea how to grade a coin. How long you have been collecting does not measure your...
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