Polished is a completely different thing than harshly cleaned. As to what makes me think it is harshly cleaned, those scratches you mention do,...
I don't know that they have any of the designs available any longer. And to my knowledge no one ever made one of those. I think that was more of a...
My thoughts on this one are the same as they were on the other - harshly cleaned.
Regardless of what the TPG said, I still say AU details because of all the scratches. Especially the one that runs from the ear all the way down...
No idea what the TPG said as they typically bump these beyond all reason, but that coin has been harshly cleaned.
Dedicated to just mint marks styles ? No. But I think you'll find all you want to know here - http://hermes.csd.net/~coneca/
AU details
Well, you can look at that way I guess. But I fail to see how a person could, or should, do that. I say that because you looked at the menu when...
Use the Heritage archives. They make note of the varieties in many if not most cases.
What he said !
That's the Frank I know ! It makes me kinda nervous when you agree with me Frank :D
This is the damage I was referring to - [ATTACH] When metal is displaced that badly and with all of those swirls from scrapes, scratches,...
They used to issue what they called 2 pound and 5 pound gold coins, but I don't know if they still do. I haven't checked in years. Some of the...
The "S" on the edge could be explained by a dropped letter that fell from the dies and got stuck inside the collar before the next coin (this...
Well, he did say "mainly cents". So I assumed that did include coins other than cents. Thus my answer.
I hate trying to grade Washingtons ! Toughest coin there is to grade. My best guess, AU.
Details, the coin is damaged. Displaced metal, which is obvious on the obv, is cause for details/genuine slab only. And the toning, I'm not real...
And that's the only point that matters, no matter how much or how little it costs to actually ship it, or what the packaging is. If you agree up...
xGAJx - what you did is about the worst thing you could have ever done - in a coin shop anyway. Based on your comments, I know you don't...
Spark erosion and electrotypes are methods for making dies. Not single coins.
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