I've seen a handful of these, and surprisingly enough I didn't think that their grading was too out of line. Not to say that you should trust...
Some Mardi Gras crews use these on their floats. I'm not sure if the float builders make them or buy them from somewhere, but I would suspect that...
It doesn't take very much to plate a cent, the layer may be just a few microns thick.
Way to bright to be a copper less zinc cent, it looks like it was plated.
To bad about the detail grade, did they give it a code or anything? I'm assuming they said cleaned since the luster seems a bit washed out. On...
It's very tough to accurately grade a proof coin from an image, but I see it more as a PR-67. Just put it in a nice protective holder of your...
I don't see any hairlines on it, but I suspect that it will take much longer than a year to make it look even close to natural.
Way too many mistakes over the past thirty or so years to narrow it down to just one, but I'm sure I'll make more along the way. Everybody makes...
I have a few of those fibers too but thought that I would just add more trying to clean them out, so they are just part of the set now.
I usually just drive up there so that I have my car with me. It's not a short ride, but I stop along the way and visit some buddies.
Oh snap! Forgot all about that. I need to get on it, already missed the summer fun show and the Whitman show this year.
35.25 oz
We would need an image to be able to give you any information.
I agree with Jeff, this doesn't look like any sort of tooling.
Even though there are dealers who can properly grade, I ignore all dealer grades and grade the coin myself.
Because you are being taxed and paying the penalty of having your gas trucked to you.
That's pretty bad brotha. When I worked at Blanchard, I would constantly dream about being at work. I guess that's coin related.
Nothing to worry about there, looks very nice.
You could make some short sets and sell them at a bit of a profit, or you could check for missing edge lettering. Both will take a bit of time,...
They could go anywhere from PR-66 to PR-70, and very rarely even lower. You would need some magnificent images for me to be able to offer an...
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