It looks normal to me. :)
True, but neither PCGS nor NGC invented Third party grading or slabbing they marketed up the innovations of others. One thing they did have that...
That is a proof set, and yes proof coins can be blemished. You might try gently moving the coins in the set and make sure the scratches move too....
Eyeappealingcoins brought up Sec 492 before I could but I do have one comment on something he said Sec 485 limits it to those foreign coins...
You know how many people get food poisoning from a home cooked meal? :)
You have posted two images of one side. Need to see the other side. The side you posted does have the correct design for the gold medallion that...
The problem with the Coin World study was they sent each coin to each service ONE time. No measure of consistency in grading or of the...
It really depends on what you are wanting to do with it. If you want an accurate weight of a single coin the 50 gram with .001 gram precision is...
Yep, looks like a stain, and it's not a proof set.
They rose to the top because they were the first two companies using slabs rather than certificates that put really significant money into...
The center of the D is created by a tiny spike of metal in the die. The little spike freqently chips off turning the mintmark into a blob withthe...
Because both the copper and the zinc plate out on the surfaces giving you Brass of variable composition depending on how much zinc is dissolved in...
But you are not going to get it split up amount 10 companies as long as everyone in the market believes that NGC and especially PCGS are the best...
I strongly suspect so. But we will probably see an increase in the number of wheat cents and dateless buffalos in circulation briefly.
Obviously.
If you actually have a 1901 indian head cent with a mintmark it would have to be a counterfeit. A "mistake" is basically impossible. In 1901...
And two lin 2017.
Canada is greyside, too close to be dark.
The plating is done before the planchets ever reach the mint. The problems that eventually lead to the bubbles occur before they ever reach the mint.
There was. Somewhere around 1798 S-172 thru 1800 S-212 are all from the same rev hub.
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