Bought as AU details for $235, now sitting an an AU-55 holder. [ATTACH]
Ah, I see. Makes sense now.
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Just out of curiosity, how did you acquire this? I'm buying/selling coins to finance college as well, but I never had anything near this nice.
As someone who studies air crashes, that makes me a little :(.
I gave my father a coin, and I rightly got nothing. I am neither a father, husband, nor boyfriend of anyone.
Someone at my coin club was trying to clean up a slab with some nasty chemicals once. The $600 coin inside did not fair much better than the slab.
Okay. We are on the same page now. :) We share the same opinion on cleaning.
Then how about market-acceptable coins that have obvious signs of cleaning (most seated dollars, many bust halves, etc)? IMO, they are damaged,...
That is the difference between dipping and cleaning. A proper dip of an AU-58 or above coin is usually imperceptible. A mechanical cleaning will...
Luster is caused by metal flow etching into the die. When a coin is struck, metal flows outward and into the crevaces of the die. This metal flow...
I wish I had gotten this one. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I'm going to give it the benefit of the doubt and say the photos do not accurately portray the coin. I see a little luster, but I think the...
I think you mean batting 1.000. ;) 0.1000 is a pretty low score. Nice job on the Horseblanket.
My type set would probably make you want to cry... [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Not my pictures, unfortunately. I'm considering buying it.
I did think about polishing lines. You can see some examples on them on the reverse. However, the lines on the obverse do not have the same...
Thanks for your opinions! :) [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
MS-65 minimum
I will wager an MS-65 RD
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