Nice coins & congrats on your NEWPs! XF 40 (maybe a 35 on a bad day) and XF 45 are my guesses. :)
No, brother, free of charge. Live and learn and share. :)
p.p.p.s. dirty office/bedroom. :D
p.p.s. FABULOUS LUSTER!
So I guess it wasn't so far out of your budget after all? ;) p.s. I'm STILL downloading video #1 -- I figure I'll view it sometime in early...
Mike, Look at it like this -- if nothing else, you learned a very inexpensive lesson. :) Take care....Mike p.s. You are welcome -- happy to...
p.s. take note! this is the second coin in a row I've undergraded. :goofer: :hammer:
For the record, I'm blaming you and your photos for my mistaken grade. Couldn't have been my fault. :D p.s. cool coin, and now that you've...
p.s. for instance, I would grade your coin XF details, corroded, net F.
There is no real cure to corrosion. You either try and stop it from actively growing (by removing the source of corrosion -- heat and moisture --...
I get some of my best coins from vest-pocket dealers. Lower margins due to lower expenses, and if you pick ones with a good eye, you can do very...
Geez Louise, you could have just typed the answer faster than that sentence. :D
I think I was right the first time -- corroded and oversharpened (likely through sharpening AND resizing). You see how there's a "roughness" to...
You did fine!
I avoid hairlines pressing very lightly. If the fit is tight, I'll place a PecPad (a microfiber cloth made for cleaning lenses and camera...
Good luck! And for the record, I hope the coin comes back gorgeous and in an MS holder. :)
Yeah, if the luster was nicer (or shown better in the photos :P ), I'd grade it higher. The surfaces look 65 or 66 to me -- thus the prior...
+1
Paul, I suspect the coin is raw in one of those acrylic 2x2s...>Mike
The artifacts could be from the resizing or sharpening (contrast adjustment shouldn't cause it). Would you please post an unretouched/unresized...
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