Yes. And any and all of the stains, sealers, finishes, etc. also put off gasses. So do all of the materials typically used to line these boxes or...
Kevin - The standard definition for "type" when talking about coins is - A variation in design, size, or metallic content of a specific coin...
I don't know of any mm varieties for this coin but then I'm not a variety guy either. What I do know is that the mint marks were punched in by...
That I can agree with. The TPGs have used market grading since the day they opened their doors for business.
That's nothing really unusual, the coin just isn't well centered. On a well centered coin the rim is the same width all the way around. On coins...
Sorry, but all woods give off gases harmful to coins. Some woods, like mahogany, just give off smaller amounts of those gasses. That is why...
Will it affect the grade ? Absolutely, and in a negative way. But, there is no rule of thumb as to how much for either. In all cases it is purely...
Maybe, maybe not. All any of us can do is guess.
Pretty obvious on that one Bart, that is definitely post strike damage.
It depends on what the coin is. The way the laws are written, for some coins it is forbidden. And for other coins, they can. Example: they (the...
My opinion is that it is a damaged coin and ungradeable. But I agree with MS details.
As for the grade, NGC obviously found it acceptable. But there really is no way to know if they (NGC) considered it a planchet defect or a rim...
Don't misunderstand what they are telling you. A scratch is scratch and it doesn't matter if it occurred at the mint or outside the mint because a...
Uhhhh - hate to tell ya this, but we frown on posting the same thing in multiple threads. And if we find it, we will combine them all into 1...
Unless you can see something I can't, there is no photo to see for the first one. What I know about Greg that maybe you don't is that he searches...
I think it's got some pretty nasty hits on the rev and quite a few small ones on the obv. I couldn't grade it higher than 63. Given the date/mint,...
Looks like a circ business strike to me.
Depends on the person answering the question Mike. But my guess is that most cannot get past that at all. Why ? Because it makes them feel...
Yes, there is a small percentage, maybe 5-10%, of people who buy business strike ASE's that think they have a numismatic premium. But to everybody...
That doesn't really mean anything. It is not uncommon for their pop numbers to be inaccurate. And since Greg, the seller, specializes in these...
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