1. Bust Dollars 2. Standing Liberty Quarters 3. Anything proof 4. Three cent silvers 5. St. Gaudens double eagles
I don't think it is either, but it was the best image that I could find to show what that type of damage looks like. Thank you for clarifying...
Hi Alspride, I see your mission to learn how to grade is ongoing. For your first question. To make it simple, we will only consider MS coins....
For those of you who don't know, this is a hugely significant coin. It was pronounced by President Washington as "a small beginning". This coin...
Nice one Ruben, I guess AU-53.
Make a simple balance scale with a pencil and a ruler and compare it with pre/post 1982 cents.
How long have you been trying to learn how to grade Kevin, it takes many years to be decent. But if you grade this dollar as an AU-55, I and (I...
Got caught up bidding on a few coins at live auctions a few times, but I've learned to set a limit on any coin that I want and stop there.
MS-64 RD That has some incredible luster.
A significant investment no doubt, but a cornerstone in any collection.
What? Cheese cloth in the dishwasher? Atoms and microns? An easier way to do it is only get quality coins that don't need to be cleaned. Stop...
Looks like a real VF-35 to me.
65 PL? That's crazy. I guess they gave a couple of points for eye appeal.
What? Clearly they are not all the same grade and the 1921 is definitely worth much more than melt. Maybe $20 to $25 each.
I have a complete denomination set of MS nickles and am edging very close to completing the proof set. 1 Buffalo (matte) proof and 8 proof...
G-4, ag-3, g-6
Of course not. How could you know what I collected twenty years ago? I'm just not very familiar with proof large cents, there just aren't very...
An 1878 dime would weigh 2.5 grams, take away a little for wear.... Wait a minute! Don't we have the worlds foremost expert on penny on dimes...
I have also seen the coin in hand, on more than one occasion. I collect 19th century proofs and have full sets of proof Indian head cents, two...
Oh, sorry again. It would take 452.14566 of Ms. Pratts two dollar coins to equal that ugly coin. Please accept my apologies.
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