If you ever feel like selling that coin, please let me know. I think I saw it for sale before you bought it and kicked myself for not jumping on...
I think the first set of pics had 900fine fooled. ;) That's a TPG-graded low to mid MS coin in my mind. I'd guess 62-64, so I'll average that...
Man, the Jefferson got me a tad annoyed, but to do that to a matron head is blasphemy!
Now that's a 65 in a 65 holder, IMO, with a nice full strike and good eye appeal to boot. For a series known for crappy strikes, overgraded...
Sulfur in the paper (or lack thereof).
I can't remember, I was 8 at the time.
Here's what I did.... Get an archival-safe 3 ring binder (available from a number of sources, here's the one I use:...
www.eacs.org EAC = Early American Coppers
Sorry, no premium, IMO. In general, and in my experience, a coin needs to be more than 5% off center to start to fetch a premium to error collectors.
Here's more than 10 AT coins all in one post: http://forums.collectors.com/messageview.cfm?catid=30&threadid=709972 If you'd like, I can pick...
Yes he did, on the NGC forums some time ago, (to his credit) he posted the info summarized in the picture below: [img]
p.s. nice M60-p Toad!
That's a good point, Mark, and I think all of us collect what we like (and can afford) :) -- and these colonials are VERY expensive even in low...
I did think about it, GDJMSP, and after looking at the photos again this afternoon, I stand by what I wrote -- I'm not sure just what's going on...
19Lyds, You are a true numismatist! Kudos! Thanks for sharing your find....Mike
Whoops, sorry for missing that, and I'm glad to hear we agree. :)
I follow your logic better now, thanks for taking the time to explain yourself. :) However, I'm still going to answer the same way -- it does...
QT = questionably toned -- toning that might be NT, but may be AT. I like to think of QT as all toned coins that aren't no-brainer NT and aren't...
p.s. when a seller uses very large colored fonts, like the auction linked in this thread, chances are they are trying to pull the wool over your...
Given the pics, it is hard for me to say if it was an overdipping or a wipe. FWIW, that's why I chose the word "cleaned" and didn't try and...
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