Reaper, I have no knowledge of that kind of plastic so I can't speak to that. But you say you are using 2x2s, and I don't know if you mean the...
Maybe, but if it is raised then why is the 1 so weak that it is barely visible ? Lighting effects can often make incuse look to be raised, and...
Alexey - is the line recessed down into the coin, or raised above the fields ?
While I readily admit shipwreck coins have a definite "cool factor", if you decide to actually purchase one just be mindful that they are often...
What he said ;)
Not a design I ever cared for myself, but that one does have pretty toning. And it's somewhat unusual to find one of those in such good shape.
They use several different methods on just about all of the shipwreck coins, including cleaning by hand, dips and soaking in various different...
The coin is ungradeable. I'd say XF details because the rev is more worn than the obv. And the coin looks to have not only been harshly cleaned,...
Dunno.
:woot: I may have to take a pill ! :D
I think he'd stand the same odds resubmitting them himself.
No worries Frank ;) I think you've already agreed with me 2 or more times this year, so I understand that you've used up your quota :D
Because of the size of that gouge across the nose it's a borderline problem coin IMO, so it's possible the TPGs could think the same. And I think...
I have never seen one in person myself, but I do know that at one time they were quite common. That is after all how the mint distributed them....
Not so at all. There have been a great many TPG graded coins where I agreed with the grade. For that matter, some years ago there were a great...
Neither one, I just have tougher standards than the TPGs.
Combined, the two companies alone have slabbed over 60 million coins. Now add in all of those slabbed by ANACS and ICG, and any of the others over...
Pretty coin !
You thinkin backwards here ? I agreed with the problems coins. I disagreed with the graded coins. The seated half, looks like traces of cleaning...
I'm just going by the pics and how I interpret them. Fields in front of the face is where I see traces of it.
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