Great coin! Perfect strike! I think that the grading services allow for luster breaks on the high points on these, so I'm pretty sure it's mint...
qtips, if used, must be ROLLED across the surface so that they pick up the dirt. If used to rub the dirt off, marks will result.
there were 6 obv. dies used, with the D mm individually punched into each one.Thus there is room for variation in the MM position. I don't see...
Well, it appears to be an inverted nipple. In which case, it needs a mammogram. Or, it is a cavity in the bust because it is(perhaps) a transfer...
Yes, that's true. The really good stuff has already gone to be slabbed, or to fill want lists. The dreck, if you will, is offered up as pq to the...
I have not bought from Coin Depot, but early in my collecting (about 2 years ago, just a beginner) I bought a number of 'pq' coins from another...
I vote for 'strike doubling' since it takes the form of a sharp, low shelf next to the digit. (Daughtrey, "Looking Through Lincoln Cents...", p.41
My 2 cents worth (not an expert): to me those look more like metal flow lines on a nearly uncirculated/uncirculated coin. Since whizzing is done...
Sellers of AT coins aren't necessarily the brightest bulbs in the pack. Searching their "fb as buyer" will often turn up evidence of their...
I think there are many good buys to be had in the AU category. Frequently you will find attractive coins with fewer marks than low MS for a lot...
Great coin! I agree with the majority-MS65FH
thanks for the info, folks. will contact pcgs. I'm familiar with the look of coins struck from rustED dies, this looks more like tiny 'growths.'...
While on the subject of altered coins.. I think I may have a coin with something applied to the surface. It is a 1911-s Barber half in an MS63...
The green spots are corrosion and there really isn't anything to be done to reverse it. I have heard that acetone can cause other problems on...
Terrible looking D mintmark.
great photos, gorgeous coin! I don't see any weakness in the strike. I would say MS65, but I think PCGS would say MS64. (disclaimer, not an...
appreciate DavidH for correcting me on eBay coin selling policy. I was in error. I don't feel comfortable outing this as a counterfeit based...
eBAy has said that they won't pull an auction for using stolen photos unless the photo owner complains to them. These things are proliferating on...
One more point about forgeries of early coin series: they will show characteristics of the original coin because they are transfer die forgeries...
Thanks for the additional information.
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