1. Color? I would think different alloys would look different and lower puritys would tone more.
Just missed, but I was going with 65.
Sulfur, heat, and other chemicals
Honestly, I think this half looks good with the skin on it. Maybe others will opine here.
The wear is really light, but my gut is saying AU53. Not that my gut has ever been very good.
Could swish it in acetone. But I don't think using it for a pocket piece will do anything real positive for it either. Though like you say, not a...
The pictures are not good enough to grade from, but the unslabbed coin almost certainly does not look 65. The eagles breast actually looks like it...
Isn't Nevada the "Silver State"?
Maybe this could be an interesting thread all of it's own. I don’t know if being "certified" would mean a whole lot in the coin world or not. The...
Not directly at you, @Kevin Farley, but if a person is buying expensive coins raw, 1. He had better know what he is doing, (knows...
Barbers are not my series, and it's hard to read the luster on a pic of a toned coin. But I'll play...I like it, looks original, old scratch under...
Thinking I'm low with my 55 guess, but just moving to 58. What's going on above the eagle makes me think it didn't make MS. I'm probably still...
I think I'm looking at a 63.
Not my series, at all, but I'll guess AU55.
Dunno...but I've always heard if the mm looks bad on a 1932 quarter, its probably good. It does kind of look like those I've seen, sitting in a...
If you paid $360 for this coin, I'd say you did OK. But I have submitted Barbers before that came back cleaned...the market is less tolerant of...
IMHO, yes yours has less wear, but the Heritage example is the nicer, more original coin.
[ATTACH] Not much for taking pictures, but here's my Oregon Half, NGC MS65.
Looks like it's pretty much all there, though I think the photos hint at a bit of a wipe at some point. These are neat coins.
Surely there are some VIGO shillings owned by CT members? I have one somewhere but need to find it.
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