Wow! That is only graded AU-55! It's undergraded by the three points to AU-58 for sure. The strike is really nice. Many have weak tail feathers.
He means the quality. I opened a bank sealed roll of 1963-D half dollars, and could not find one coin that was better than MS-63. There was only...
I will be there for the duration. I will give a seminar on forming a date set of cents from 1793 to date on Friday at 2:30. I will also have an...
I bought this one a few years ago. It was a leftover everyone had passed on from a Heritage auction, so I probably overpaid. Still it grabbed my...
I would never clean the coin in the OP. It looks fine just as it is. Remember, the coin IS MADE OF the oxidized medal. If you take that away, a...
I want to remind everyone that the Summer Show is this week, starting on Thursday. There is an early bird program on Wednesday which involves a...
I just added an 1835 large cent to my one a year collection. I have three more dates to go. Perhaps I'll find one or all of them at the upcoming...
Here's and easy one for 1652, and Oak Tree Shilling. [ATTACH] Of course we know those coins were made AFTER 1652. Here is a real coin from...
Suspected that it might have been fooled with, but I didn't want to offend.
The experts (Anthoney Swiatek) do not think any Proofs of this coin exist. I have seen examples of this coin with very bright surfaces. That is...
Yes when I was hoarding the steel cents in the 1960s, I ran into a number of these pieces. The steel planchets were hard on dies, and a lot of the...
Yes, some scratchs can be so deep that there is raised metal around them that makes them look like a die break. This of dirt piled up on the side...
I think that is is filled in area of the die, maybe with something like greese. The area opposite Lincoln's coat theory does not work. If it were...
I started to learn to grade coins in the early 1960s with Brown and Dunn books. They had only line drawings, but it got me started on the...
MS-63. I don't think that it is P-L.
I would say EF-45, maybe better if there is enough luster. Nice coin!
Yes, VG to Fine. The "WE" is sometimes weak on this type even in high grade. This 1870 dated piece easily makes EF, but if it had had more use,...
Adding up the pros and cons, I would say Good. There are some better aspects, but it's been cleaned and the date is weak, which is not normal for...
Yes, I did. When you get old, you mix things up.
The only mint product I want every year is a silver Proof set. I hope that I will be able to buy one and that they won't all end up sold to...
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