The coin's surface is not eaten into. It is not environmentally damaged.
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] I know, not a coin. The price tag was $45, but I essentially got it for free. Remember that 1872 IHC I posted earlier? I sold...
Did that coin have signs of cleaning such as the "halo effect" that appears around the devices on many cleaned coins? Just curious. I want to...
Whoa. That's an absurd amount of dies. This is why I like early copper-nickel coins. The amount of varieties is insane. There are over 80...
Whoa. I can understand the wear, but I feel like some of it is cabinet friction. The luster is way too strong for a 40 IMO.
I'm going to the PNNA Portland show. Hopefully I can sell off some of my cherrypicks that I've been holding for a while now.
I'm stuck between 50 and 53 (too much wear for 55). I'll go 53 due to eye appeal.
I meant E in DIME...
Right you are. Traces of the doubling are still visible, even in this grade! Look closely at the top serif of the N in ONE - there is still...
I keep my cherrypicks in a box. The total cost of all the coins in the box is less than $140. The combined value of the coins is $500+. There are...
I picked up this heavily worn 1876-CC dime yesterday for melt. I have attributed the Fortin variety, but can you? NOTE: You do not need to...
Interesting you bring that up. There are 1909-S cents with weak VDBs... look out for them!
...because sometimes they aren’t what the dealer thinks. I was at a coin shop today looking through a dealer’s IHCs for varieties. I got to an...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] Bought this for $21. It was labeled 1878.
Nice coin - I think it could be Maris 23-P which is a common variety. I could be wrong, however - there are many varieties and I'm not experienced...
That 38-D is a great find! Does Verdicare work on nickel?
The coin, although a fake, is still useful as an educational piece IMO.
No breaks at all in the bands... nice!
Buffalo Nickels were meant to look nice. The date would wear off long before the design. Barber's coins were the workhorses of circulation. They...
Unfortunately, I don't think it's genuine. The S does not match what an S on an authentic 09-S VDB should look like. Probably an added mintmark. :(
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