The coin is VF-20 cleaned, $10-15. I'm sorry to shatter your dream of this being a $100+ coin, it simply is not. Sometimes the newer folks take...
VF-20 cleaned and retoned
Figures.....luster wins again.....never fails with TPG's in the high grades. They put on their blinders to the hits/blemishes if it shines.
Au-53 $15-16
You might have nailed it with the sun if you had the coin perpendicular to the light. Looking at the shadow, it's easy to tell the angle of the...
Still too dark. If you don't have a better light, try increasing your exposure level a notch or two. I bought my light a Home Depot for $20....
Here's the last one! :smile
Never mind, they came today. I appreciate the examples! I would call these unintentionally AT'd. The color progressions are like a latin festival....
No problem.....I hope you picked out some MS examples for me. :)
Oh....about the coin. Without better light, it looks to be at least a 65, maybe a 66....but I can't see the surfaces well enough.
Don't use a towel, white copy paper is perfect, it's what I use. You have a couple simple problems....you're so close to a great pic it's not...
Did you ship mine yet? Thanks
Very nice brown off-center coin! These are more desirable when they have a readable date.
In general I believe this to be true. However, I'm sure they do have some methods/techniques that are kept an in-house secret. I've put a LOT of...
Acid-thiourea dip, no secret. It works and NCS uses it. The thing is that they use it intelligently. They knew to when to stop and thus that one...
I agree with Coop.
Funny coin. I thought these were MS coins though. It's kind of a let down to an EF coin.
Technically, it's NCS that does the conservation, even though they are part of NGC. It's acceptable because they are the world's #1 experts in...
Exactly, there's a big difference between cleaning and conserving a coin.
Unfortunately the coin has been harshly cleaned. It's value will be substantially less. The PCGS price is WAY too high for a no D weak reverse. I...
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