Yes, some die rotation is common for these coins (and they fetch no premium as a result unless they are really, really rotated, and even then the...
Very nice coin! Thanks for sharing! Any hairlines?
That's a heck of a nice half cent! Congrats!
p.s. IF the coin is real (and I'm not convinced there is an S), I'd value it at around $750.
How honest is he if he only paid melt for a coin like this?
VF details, cleaned/rim ding, net F. May make it into a slab, as the TPGs tend to be a bit forgiving of this date...Mike
It always makes sense to collect what you know. :) Nice set.
Yes, in this case it is.
Congrats!
p.p.s. and a high level of compression yielding smoothed fields. zoom into the original and see for yourself.
p.s. the photograph also appears to be (over)sharpened.
That doesn't look like a scan at all to my eye.... The first clue is the coin has been photographed at an angle (very atypical of scans). The...
That's good. It seems ICG did too. ;) I never read these threads before guessing the grades. :computer:
I think the coin has great details, but I am sorry to say the coin's surfaces look very unnatural to my eye...Mike
lol I'm such a tool sometimes. :hammer: I was a bit tougher this time around, but same net grade. :)
F details, corroded, net VG. Cool coin, BTW!
I don't think it would slab at either TPG. Doesn't make it any less pretty though. :)
That's quite a quarter! I wonder how it toned that way. That's not a typical look for the mint sets of that year, IIRC. Any ideas?
Chances are they are simply prooflike business struck coins. Not uncommon for the series. As Hobo said above, the first place I'd look is inside...
That's quite a different look between the photos (and a heck of a coin). Hmmm....
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