What a great strike and remaining details!!! These coins aren't easy to find fully struck on new (i.e. non-crumbling) dies. However, the color...
p.s. I agree with AJ -- pics make the determination/grading of this coin, in particular, very very difficult. I could envision grades anywhere...
Looks like a slider to me.... 63 BN or AU 58
Neat cuds!
If you guys can make authoritative statements about grading from photos, you are fooling yourselves, IMO. Respectfully...Mike
p.s. all the more reason to INSIST on a good return policy when buying on eBay.
I have heard of a few examples of slabs cracked and the coins replaced with a lower grade example. However it is far from "a large number", IMO.
Without seeing the two coins in hand, yes, I'm comfortable with both having the same grade (provided it's not higher than 65). The logic being...
High-end AU. Nice coin.
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As long as the coin is commonly found weakly struck and the strike isn't particularly weak for the issue, I do not hold coins back for exhibiting...
Real coin, crappy scan, IMO...Mike
PERFECT coin for a album if you ask me. :)
Sorry to hear of your disappointing experience. :( Live and learn, I suppose.
I believe that's a sample slab and is real.
First off, that's a wonderfully original looking lincoln, IMO. Second, I agree with RLM that it looks like a lamination from the first set of...
One question for the OP -- How did your logic work out for baseball cards and why will coins be any different?
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