Pretty coin. From my limited grading ability my first glance would be Proof 66 cameo. Of course I'm wrong 99% of the time.
Will you divulge your secret formula
So then, if graders are under pressure to grade X number of coins per day, they hope the other grader agrees with their grade. Otherwise, any...
My experience with NGC is that they "details" too many of their coins.
What I wanted to say is that for 2 graders the chance of BOTH getting the grade wrong is .2x.2=.04 or 4%. The chance for both getting it correct...
I don't follow your logic here since what becomes the final grade? Is the final grade the correct one or a combination of each graders grade...
Looks like a scam to me!
One of the things I don't like about modern US coinage is the large number of different types of coins the mint issues each year now. I guess I'm...
Getting a nice proof Barber dime is on my bucket list. Thanks for posting this beauty.
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Great Collections has an auction archive for their sales. Heritage goes back further which is nice to see the price trend for a particular coin...
I haven't searched through bank rolls since I was a kid. The thrill was finding the unexpected. My first Indian cent came out of a roll of cents...
It's only illegal if you intend to melt it. My guess is that sometime in the future it will no longer be illegal to melt down. That time will...
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It could be worse. The picture of your avatar could have been taken from the other end.
I guess one thing your post did was to reinforce the expression "buy the coin, not the holder".
I'll be glad to take it off your hands if you can't bear to keep such a low grade coin!!
Looks a lot better than a 62.
I would go with MS66. Nice clear coin and solid strike. I would love to include it in my 1916 year set.
The Silver Towne comment is ironic since they seem to improperly grade many of the raw coins they sell; especially not identifying cleaned coins.
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