The slab is marked MS denoting a business strike. If it were a proof, it would be marked as PR. BTW, there are no dumb questions in numismatics.
I would just go to a dealer that you know and trust to determine if they are genuine or not. If they are not, just punch "copy" on the coin then...
I've handled an 1844 proof large cent that looked like you could light a cigar off of. It was just spectacular. I found this image that I believe...
That sure looks like a nice coin, but really no way to grade it through the cello at that level. It could go anywhere from 66-68 for me.
Strike has little to do with lower MS grades. The coin would still be considered uncirculated just limited to 65 or lower. In this case I would...
I don't see why everybody hates this so much. The show is just entertainment and they are just looking for coins to add as segments on the show. I...
Yep, my stamp collection had a similar start as my coin collection. I was handed the family collection at about five years old because I was the...
Me too, something to get off of my chest as well...I......also.....collect stamps. Not very actively, but I'm still trying to complete my old...
Not much about it looks like mine, the date is much smaller and the mint ark is much larger. There could just be varieties that I'm not not aware...
A fake 1842-O?
Seems waaaay too strategically placed to me. All of the large silver coins sitting flat against the side of the jar hiding a pile of buffalo sand...
I had a few of those back in the day. I've no idea what ever became of them, I'm pretty sure I just cracked the coin out. I still have some old...
Woo Hoo! I still get a thrill finding a wheat cent in my change, but I haven't found a silver quarter in my change in over thirty years.
I agree with AU details. It would be difficult to go any higher with the high amount of corrosion.
Seems like a decent price. I'm assuming that it is an 81-S since they are so common in higher grades.
It probably took a long acid bath.
I see 35 and 55, but it could just be the plastic covering them making it harder to see the luster of the liberty nickel.
I don't see it getting a 66 with the light strike weaknesses especially because it would make it the top pop coin. If there were many in the...
I agree though, I see it as problem free, but would hesitate to go after it because of the mark. You have to admit that it's the first thing you see.
Hard to say how a TPG would see it, but the facial scar does it in for me. A TPG may call it AU-55 though which I would consider the technical...
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