78-s - AU details, polished 84 -XFish
I think as long as one is collecting commonly found coins, the the author quoted by the OP makes a lot of sense. Once one ventures into more...
I'm sorry to say that I too think it was cleaned. :(
Welcome to the coin game. Situations like this help to explain at least in part why TPGs have become popular.
You are not looking in the right places, BNB. Good coins are very, very rarely found on eBay or Teletrade. They are in the hands of collectors...
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Nice!
Yes, I am by education. Georgia Tech class of '93 w/Computer Science and Computer Engineering minor. By vocation, no, I'm a sales executive.
I've never seen an NT Ike that looked like that, so without seeing the coin in hand, I'll go with AT.
Eduard (or anyone else interested), You can sign up for the newsgroup here: http://groups.yahoo.com/subscribe/eac Hope this helps...Mike
Yes, I did mean to say "half cents" above. Sorry for the typo, but that does not change the conclusion -- braided hair half cents are common...
I think you and I define "common" quite differently. :) Any coin you can find 10 examples of at any major show is common, in my opinion, and a...
p.s. I would also PM Mark Feld and ask his opinion, if I were you.
Gold? Tone? C'mon..... ;) [img] [img] However, I've never seen gold tone like the OP's coin. Could be the pictures, but I would have the...
Please do and report back! Something else interesting to do in your spare time, do a search of his old posts in the archives of PCGS (I think...
On second thought.... This coin is being discussed in the EAC yahoo group. Here's the latest response: > I hope no one is bidding on this...
You should send him a PM and ask. IIRC, Monsterman is his name at PCGS, and a heck of a nice guy, BTW, and he knows his toners. FWIW, I know he...
Going from the photos, not a bad coin, but you can do better. This is a common coin that you can afford to be EXCEEDINGLY picky about. Tell me,...
Wow, you guys have some knockouts!
With all due respect, I see lots of "good opinions" in this thread. In my experience, collectors are not ones to be greedy with information....
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