Stunning! I absolutely love the design on this coin!
Then I guess we agree to disagree. I know many respected collectors (Bill Fivaz, Bill Jones, Bob Campbell, etc) that use the same terminology that...
"Harshly Cleaned" is NOT commonly used to describe all levels of an abrasive cleaning. Your definition means that a coin that had a Q-Tip lightly...
We agree on this point. It looks nice in my album. Plus slabbing is stupid.
Another lovely example. The dead givaways are the lines in the shield and the varying line thickness in the star's edges.
That is the first time I have heard that. I thought the over-arching term was "Imporperly Cleaned."
Ah. We have a mutual disagreement in terminology. To me, a dipped coin is mutually exclusive from a cleaned coin. "Dipping" implies using a...
Then what is just "cleaned"? Also, this coin was not scrubbed. At most, it was just wiped.
Please define "harshly cleaned" for me.
This is a contemporary counterfeit. I hope you know that. It is actually worth 2-3x a genuine coin in the same grade. As for the surface issues,...
As for the hairlines, they are mostly from circulation and friction with some object. The hairlines only exist from 3:00 to 7:00 on the obverse,...
I have a few, and a few more that are unphotographed. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Same coin, different lighting. I was seeing if anyone questioned the poor lighting before saying the coin was cleaned. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
That is a line caused by a compass when tracing out where the denticles would be. Perfectly normal....
Some people have their minds set on this being a counterfeit, and are seeing what they want to see to condemn this coin. That lip on the reverse...
Well if it is a good die transfer, then details like die cracks would also be transferred to a counterfeit. I think this coin is genuine, but...
The obverse looks like Si (4) Zhu, not San (3) Zhu. Cursory glance looks like Ding Xiang, which corresponds to H-13.57. (Your right picture would...
To me, grading is assigning a number to represent a specific state of preservation on a coin. "Market grading" is stupid, confusing to unaware...
Wut? o_O
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