I'll grant you they are pretty liberal when it comes to grading these and for the most part they are all grossly over-graded. But I just looked...
When I read your first post you had me thinking about something entirely different than what you explained in your next post. But to answer your...
Honestly, looks more like a VF30 to me.
I was using the same book you were Bill. As for a need to update, yeah we both need to do so. The 7th edition of the ANA standards was released a...
I made the edit. You are running 1 contest, with 10 or 12 different parts and 1 prize - not 10 or 12 different contests each with a prize. By...
If it has been polished as you think, or harshly cleaned, then it is a problem coin and as such would have a greatly reduced value from that of...
Afraid I shall have to disagree with you disagreeing, here's why. Yes, it does say that in the forward of the book, but if you look at the...
Uhhhh guys - you might want to look at the links posted in the very first paragraph, the first two sentences even, as those links specifically...
There have been a great many discussions and even more questions asked about how one should go about putting together an outstanding collection....
No, it doesn't mean that at all. You can take any toned coin out of your pocket change, lay it down on a table or counter top, rub the coin back...
If you use anything remotely like that you have damaged the coin forever. What Larry is referring to in post #2 is that a lot of people call any...
You might want to try some of these - http://www.cointalk.com/forums/us-coins.35/
Yes, the high points of a toned AU or XF are usually lighter in color than the rest of the coin. But that is not because when the toning is worn...
Yeah, kinda sorta. But chop marks aren't really countermarks, not in the sense that they are usually thought of.
What he said ;)
What happened when you did that, and what you are seeing on that web page, should tell you that a few things are possible. 1 maybe the people who...
Don't know for sure Larry but it's possible that coin was graded back when grading standards dictated that it would have been a 65. Heritage was...
There was a bit more to it than that. Typically a coin was countermarked/counterstamped to indicate either a change in its face value, or an...
No idea what your offer is but I see that as a $175-$200 coin at best - full retail. So I would expect dealer offers of $140-$160. Go from there.
Yes I do believe the 2nd coin would be designated as having been harshly cleaned. The hairlines are particularly obvious in the fields in front of...
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