100% market acceptable toning. Your obverse picture indicates luster under the toning...the reverse picture looks a little flat but acceptable.
I love pictures that clearly show cartwheel spokes like that! NICE
Looks a lot better....good job!
https://www.cointalk.com/threads/great-southern-coin-gsc-joke-of-the-day.281764/
1 cent....it's been plated.
Xylene would be a better choice IMO....but I doubt it will change much. In general, xylene is a better choice for copper.
Appears to have been encased. Now that I look closer at the big picture, I think I see something. I believe it may have been media blasted. Most...
Agree, that's what made me wonder, the rims aren't square enough.
Indeed! Do you have pictures of the side of the rim? Not sure that it's a matte. I'd TGP it no matter what, it's a nice coin.
https://www.cointalk.com/threads/how-to-tell-if-your-1909-s-v-d-b-is-real.78043/
Well, I get a special price I guess since I do a lot of business with them. Try developing a relationship with your LCS and maybe then they'll...
I'm a hardware guy, yes, of course an XP computer will still work. I have one that's dedicated to certain tasks but it's not connected to the web....
Check with your LCS. My shop grades PCGS or NGC for only $25/coin.
http://www.lincolncentforum.com/forum/showthread.php?24220-The-First-Steps-to-Proper-Coin-Conservation
You don't need hi-res for "good enough" web coin photography. I use an old Canon 4MP camera, it's all about lighting and camera macro ability IMO.
Wow....no way that's correct. I see no environmental damage!
WOW, that's pretty close! Thanks for posting, so far, you're ahead as the closest I've seen to mine. What did PCGS grade it at?
The issue with the right wheat stalk is common to the series, it's mostly due to non-parallel dies and insufficient die pressure. Dies tend to...
Agree, it's PMD.
Looks to be market acceptable to me.
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