I find it notable that each of these coins has a very uneven strike (or wear, depending on your perspective) as well.
Cool! Good luck & please keep us posted.
It may make some more sense, but I have a feeling you won't truly understand the issue completely until you've seen, in your own two hands, many,...
In practice, they don't really skip any grades because the uncleaned examples (and some of the cleaned ones) will still have enough luster left to...
In hopes of expanding on a discussion started in another thread (i.e. how TPGs grade weakly struck coins).... Please guess the grade that NGC...
Because luster is caused by wear on the die, later die states often have better luster. Then why do LDS coins often exhibit better luster than...
Not exactly. Remember, dies can be made prooflike by repolishing them, so a "worn" die can be make prooflike again through polishing. Not...
Very nice collection!
SELL! SELL! SELL! I would much rather have that 1932 than those moderns, no question. But the real question is what Jesh wants to do! :)
I think you're missing my point, and won't belabor it other than to say this: The point is that on these coins the area of the drapery gets worn...
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Very nice. Congrats! What happened to the (IIRC) 1932 eagle? Thought that was the better coin than the 1907 -- at least from the pics.
A fair perspective, but then how do you grade a mint state weakly struck example with full luster? For example, grade this coin, graded MS 66 by...
Then no, I don't think you made a mistake. I don't see these rolls going up in value any time soon, and from what I've seen in other issues over...
My first thought was like Mark's -- color looks unnatural. However, the darker pics make me question that. I'd like to see the coin in-hand to...
Good point. I think that strike is something that isn't looked at very closely by the TPGs and the wise collector can find rare fully struck...
What is your rationale for this grade? Just wondering....Mike
I don't think I'm contradicting myself. I graded the coin on what I thought the TPG would grade the coin, not what I would grade it. Here's what...
I am speechless.
Um, what he said. :thumb:
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