OK, you're wrong. That ain't it -- it was more target toned.
Hey guys, please relax -- we are all fellow coin collectors. Rather than fight about it, why don't we post a few coins that HAVE been thumbed so...
mumu, might wanna check that '35 grade. :)
Tom and Ltrain are correct, IMO.
Looks low-end VF to me (20).
Looks like a strong Fine coin to my eye.
If I had to guess, the difference in toning between Morgans and Peace dollars has to do with planchet preparation (wash) and storage. However,...
They sound like copper spots and are completely normal. There is no slab, as far as I know, that is air-tight, and thus all slabs will be...
TPG grades: Top coin -- XF at best. Too much field luster to grade higher, IMO, but I suspect it does. Bottom coin -- looks mint state to me....
Fascinating theory. Not sure I buy it, otherwise you'd see Seated Dollars with toning like Morgans and you don't.
I think "PITA Mike" has a better ring to it and more apropos to the situation at hand.... :) Seriously, I apologize if I got under SE's skin....
Questions are not statements of fact, and I'm sorry if you took offense to them -- that was not my intent...Mike p.s. I do enjoy asking leading...
Designer's initials, IIRC.
p.s. I try very hard not to speak authoritatively when I'm voicing opinions. You will notice words like "I think" or "IMO" or other similar words...
Really? Where?
I will as soon as you stop speaking authoritatively about things that are not so cut and dried. :) I'm not sure how grading to any standard,...
Megapixels are about the least important thing when it comes to taking photos of coins (IMO). Important factors, IMO, are: 1) Working distance...
You're becoming a push-over in your old age. :)
I wish. :(
Fair enough, but they do a very, very good job of pricing/ranking them. :)
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