Slab grade MS-63, Brown. EAC grade MS-61. EAC is tough on these coins. I have one that might be little nicer that I bought out of an EAC...
You were not wrong. Sometimes there is the slab grade and the right grade. Too many collectors get this idea that the slab grade is always right...
Yes, slider, if the parts on the obverse that look grey in photo are grey in person. The TPG's do this all the time with coins that have a light...
It's not a full head. It's a "full face," but it's not a full head. I used to buy Standing Liberty coins like this all the time when I was a...
Proof-65 holder. I see small hairlines on Franklin's shoulder, cheek and forehead. There also might be scuffs on the bell which might be on the...
The "texture" might be die stress as @eddiespin posted, but it could also the result of someone dipping the coin in mild acid to make it look...
You can buy the coins that look like that; I am not going to do it. Some gold pieces develop a haze after a while that covers the whole coin. It...
The fields are bright from intentional rubbing while the protected areas around the letters and devices are duller and frosted. So far as what...
I would say AU-58, but I always under grade these coins. I see a rub and breaks in the mint frost on the high points of the obverse.
I have to confess that I picked it out. My father went to this sale every week as part of his recreation. The dealer said that it was last week in...
It looks genuine to me, but you would have to find a collector who is into counterstamps to get any real money for it.
#1. The 1893 $10 gold has been cleaned. It has AU sharpness, but the fields have been rubbed. #2. The 1925-D (They were all made at Denver in...
My father bought this one for me to $10. I was last coin he gave me. It was from a flea market type dealer who was set up in conjunction with a...
I’ve had fingerprints show up on Proof set coins in the mint package. If anything, they are supposed to be fussier about them, but apparently they...
People have accused me of lacking focus, but after a while, I end up with sets of something. ;)
I had something similar when I was young, although, of course, there were no slabs. I became much more drawn to the 19th century coins, and I let...
I don't know how Caesar could have carried any of these coins across the Rubicon because they were made from silver he seized from the Temple of...
To make any AU grade from 50 to 58, you need to have mint luster. I don’t see any mint luster on this piece. Even if you succeed in lifting the...
The "double eagle" design was a gimmick some outfit came out with about 20 years ago. If it’s made of silver, which a lot of them aren’t, it’s...
One of games scammers play on the Internet is to claim that "They inherited these coins from their grandpa.” In some cases, their grandpa would...
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