Just bought 5 cleaned Liberty gold coins for short money on eBay . . . looking to pre-sell them for an instant profit before I receive them....
MS64
I'm not a foreign coin guy, but to me it looks cleaned and re-toned (naturally re-toned).
Possibly MS62, but more likely AU58. Mostly because there are a great many good looking coins of this date.
UPDATE: Coin did not sell. Seller has relisted as eBay 390948160621. Unfortunately, he has blocked me from further communications, so I went...
Don't all chess boards look alike? :rolleyes:
I realized all too late that I should have completed my text before adding the images, rather than the other way around. As for the pre-strike...
The coin looks just slightly peculiar to me, as if it was bent and has since been re-flattened.
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Good question, and difficult to answer. The same phenomenon appears on the coin above, where you can see...
Oh, they'll know alright, but they will likely assign a grade based on what they think the market will perceive the coin to be worth. If likely...
By examination, the terminal tear is at the top of the lamination (at the base of the portico), so the delamination began below the letter "T" and...
Not to be argumentative, but I'm not in your camp, especially on the 42-S. The delamination of the planchet, post-strike would have almost...
Those are pretty strong polishing lines . . . I have a Columbian Half that has extraordinary polishing on it . . . it appears as though it's been...
Yes.
The first coin is not a strike through grease . . . it was struck after the planchet delaminated. The second coin was struck with a very badly...
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Don't forget that, as much as these experts have seen, there will always be a poor accounting for those issues targeted by hoarders of specific...
This is true, however it usually takes place under circumstances similar to the following: Dealer 1 sells an underappreciated coin for back of...
Food for thought . . . An NGC holder will likely obscure part of the straight edge, unless they'll rotate the coin in the holder for you (I've...
I'll try to come up with a statement that fairly addresses your question, but bear in mind that this is just a generalization, to which there will...
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