Thanks for the pics RLM. :)
Help me out here. I'm confused. Which coin's (flow) lines are running at an angle?
With all due respect you didn't suggest I go back and look, you said: Which, frankly, I took as an insult. I do look closely -- and my results...
Now you're just being difficult. :) They will not be incuse relative to the level of the fields, if we are to deduce they are as-struck die...
+1
RLM, Thanks for the photo and confirmation of the excuse nature of this feature. But how about a closeup of this area on coin #45? Thanks in...
Hmmmm.... Kind of rules out post-mint damage, doesn't it. ;)
I never gave the grade. :)
p.s. I have also posted this coin ATS to solicit other opinions: http://forums.collectors.com/messageview.cfm?catid=26&threadid=785815
Clearly there are some nicks in the fields near O and E PLURIBUS, but if you think that the area between E PLURIBUS and the rim is post-mint, you...
First, I don't recall ever saying "always". That said, no, it doesn't make sense that the planchet marks would occur on the high points of the...
G, I submit they are the very same feature: Coin #45 [img] Coin #60 [img] Call it die wear, call it die crumbling, call it a landslide. The...
Either that, or I need a better memory. :) Tell me, which were stronger struck? They are planchet marks, IMO, and it is worth noting that it...
Anyone else notice the die wear/crumbling above PLURIBUS UNUM? G, if you call it damage, we're going to have an argument. :)
I would go so far as to say anyone who does well in this little contest has spent their fair share of staring at photos on Heritage, eBay,...
I guessed 67rd, and I susupect some may undergrade this. I also wonder if the coin had the slight discoloration on the high points when it was...
p.s. I also undergraded the coin, thought the graders wouldn't have liked the symmetrical hits on the face.
You guys give the reverse too much credit, IMO. Grade the obverse a grade, and unless there's something ridiculously wrong for the...
p.s. I still think this coin is a 64 in hiding. It is a very clean coin, but I wonder about the luster and if that's not why it is in a 63 slab.
You want to learn to grade from photograph? Go to Heritage and look at them until your eyes blur. Do it again for the next year. Do it some...
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