The slab grade should not be any more than MS-63 because of the marks on the obverse, but I know the slab grade is at least MS-64.
I voted 53. It would be higher if the luster is good, but the photo is not showing it. If the luster is strong, it’s a 55 or 58.
I would have to price the coins individually. The CC gold coins are expensive. The silver coins appear to have been cleaned, but the photo does...
VF-25
I think that it just makes VF-20. The conservative grade would be Fine-15.
The full sized Patriotic Civil War Token catalog is a better deal, but I don't think that's in print any more. I used to sell them for $20 when I...
if I putty a piece, is it "smoothing", or just soothing? Smoothing does not require or limit itself to, removal/moving metal. Both can occur on a...
I voted "Fine-12." I don't know why you would say "details." That about as mark-free and original as you could ever hope to get for the grade....
You have to go back to the 1970s with respect to whizzing. When it's done "right", it simulates mint luster. It was a way to turn AUs or so-so...
@1865King, the obverse repair work on that 1795 dollar is scary good. The reverse is more obvious.
You rub a coin with a cloth and polish it quite easily. It's easier with soft brush mounted on a drill. The brushed used for whizzing have fine...
They will if the cleaning is not too bad. Of course a lot of collectors view that as "market grading" and refuse to buy the coins.
If you really want to get technical, the 1922 no D cent is a die state. It was made from a regular die that was polished or worn out until the...
They are under graded, but what do you expect to get? Coin 1 has something (a depression between between 9 and 10 k, between stars 4 and 5,...
“Smoothed” is usually something more. It involves removing something beyond surface. You disturb something below that. Think about how deep a...
My grade would be MS-64. There are quite a few marks under the toning that are not, or at least didn't used to be, consistent with the MS-65...
"Smoothed" means that metal has been moved, usually to cover-up marks and scratches. It's done to make the coin look better, and perhaps fool a...
The U.S. Mint drove additional metal into the planchets to increase their weight during 1794 and part of 1795, not to fill a hole that someone...
From what I've read, tin corrodes at low temperatures. That is consistent with my observation that the process can be checked by storing the item...
The design is nice, but as many collectors have insisted over the years, it does not have much to do with the United States. This is really a...
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