If I may be so bold.... That coin is not up to your standards, Lehigh. Why are you even looking at MS coins -- doesn't the (much more...
Real, Countefeit (the portrait is wrong for an 1834 half), Real
A few reasons come to mind.... Because it has sentimental value. Because they wanted to know what a TPG would grade it. Because they wanted...
That's a F-15 to my eye, and guess by the tone of the OP that NGC graded it VF.
p.s. cleaned or not cleaned, slabbed or not, that's a well above average seated dollar, IMO. :)
Great story, and one I'm sure many of us can relate to. Thanks for sharing your experience! Two questions.... I gotta ask you, did your...
p.s. nice coins, Eduard!
Lib Nickel: VG details, damaged, net G Shield Nickel: AU 55
Nice coin!
"Can a coin have been cleaned, and still be appealing? " Of course they can. :)
Wow, shot from the past. I let the liberty cap go because I liked the chain more, and didn't have the money for it. That, and the edge bumps on...
rusted die
p.s. here's an 1856 seated dime where you can see the early stages of the very same phenomenon:...
Wouldn't a misaligned die low at about 1 o'clock (which caused the die crumbling in the areas you note) cause just such a positioning and double-rim?
p.s. grading books, to me, are worthless. I think it is because I'm a visual kind of guy, and written explanations don't translate into grades...
"How do you grade ? " I look at the coin, grade it myself (i.e. to my own standard), then apply a "translation factor" which translates my...
In forum posts, I don't think that relating image and coin size is necessary. However, when you are presenting coins as a set, or as a poster or...
p.s. one of the ways I tell the difference between a weak strike and wear is that wear always occurs on the hight points of the coin first, and...
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