Sure: The Art and Science of Grading Coins
Cash. Preferably under your mattress. Seriously, there is no way to predict how markets will behave in any downturn. Bullion gold will probably...
The luster has been removed. The entire surface layer of metal has been buffed off (this top layer is where the luster is created). Dipping it...
These metals were alloyed; they were homogenously mixed. These coins were not clad or in layers. The coin shown has been stained or plated in some...
Gonna skip the political part of your post and just focus on this... I was reading some numismatic history recently, and came across some...
Aristotle studied at Plato's Academy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platonic_Academy This is widely considered to be the first "university."...
On a modern coin, once there is wear, the other factors become significantly less important. The 61 was probably graded lower because of marks,...
With those pictures, the best I can tell you is that it is an 1881S. The grade could be anything from 61 to 64. It could be PL or DMPL....
Yes, finning is definitely an error. Here is a description of how it happens, for those unfamiliar: http://www.error-ref.com/finning/ And yes,...
During the late 19th century and early 20th century, the Mint Cabinet was subjected to cleaning several times. Most of the coins which were in the...
Hmmm... new coin is a split grade for me - 63 obverse, 65 reverse. Obverse is going to bring the overall grade down a bit - I'll call it a 64.
Is this grading scale described anywhere? It seems like a lot of ancient collectors care a lot less about the grade. Coming from the US side of...
It's a borderline 63/64. I'll call it 63+ to be conservative, but I wouldn't be surprised with 64.
Correct. And yours is not a PL Lincoln.
As has been indicated here, that is not a coin. If this fooled you and you actually thought it was a coin, please direct yourself to the nearest...
If it is significant, you could get it certified as a Mint Error (there may be an additional charge for this).
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