I'm sure some have tried to bribe, but save for the one example above, I don't believe that it happens. As collectors, we rely on them to be at...
If you don't damage the surface, it's not cleaning, it's conservation. This is completely proper and acceptable by everyone if done properly. You...
Great piece there! I did an 1875 proof set for the same reason, but the gold proofs were waaaay out of my budget.
The Bashlow restrikes were made with defaced dies and the markers here match, but there are what looks to be casting bubbles as well which don't...
There are ten varieties of the 1795, but I can't identify them. AU-55.
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Pretty coin, but I'd expect a 64. Definitely worth a shot.
An image of that coin has been circulating for several years. I don't recall his name, but I believe that it belonged to a trade dollar collector...
"Toning" is the preferred nomenclature. I no longer have this one since someone offered me way more than it was worth for it, but it was pretty...
Nothing, just the result of a bidding war amongst registry collectors.
Lots of Jefferson proofs from the fifties and sixties have blue/purple toning. This is my favorite blue piece. Though the blue in hand is really...
Agreed, the lowest grade side is the one that determines the grade. Luckily it's the reverse in this case, the obverse is usually the side that...
AU details, cleaned. I really like the '33 though, the threes have a unique look and the style was not used on any other denominations or dates....
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If the coins that you had made resemble anything like the ones the OP showed, you need better experts. These are very clearly cheap knockoffs. I'm...
I think you'd get an AU details with PCGS as well. I'd leave it be unless you just don't like ANACS slabs.
It's worth one cent. This is a normal business strike with some heavy verdigris.
With the spotting, you're looking more in the 65-66 range. It would cost you more to grade them than they would be worth.
You can change the size in the combining screen. It also has an auto setting that keeps the size of the smallest image. I usually just fill my...
The top pop MS-68+ sold for $5875, there is a total population of three coins with this grade. The grade below that usually sells for about twenty...
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