Here is an MS-66 that I have in my registry/type set. The grade is PCGS MS-66. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
It is possible to dip a silver coin and have it come out okay. With copper or bronze, it is a very dicey proposition, and you have to start with a...
My avatar! Seriously it would have to be a Franklin Half Dollar.
I have a modern, common date Jefferson Nickel that is NGC graded PR-70 DCAM. That’s the best you can do theoretically, and I paid $30 for it. I...
I hope that you are correct.
Not even close to AU. You might get VF if you were very lucky. You could also get “cleaned.”
Do they still have body bags for genuine but altered coins? It seems like altered coins get “kid gloves” treatment these days.
1895-O, altered mint mark.
Here are a couple of Brown Uncirculated Braided Hair large cents that are really Mint State. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
The Marshall Fishing Tackle piece is listed as NY 695-A-2a. It is common but popular because of the mention of "rare coin." He was more interested...
"Raw" means the item has not been graded by TPG.
When I was a dealer, buying raw coins and sending them in for grading was one way to get a better price and make more money. I didn’t cheat the...
One of the hallmarks of a Mint State coin, which is often overlooked when the TPGs grade early, middle and late date half cents and large cents,...
I would like to help, but I think you need to see more of the obverse. Edward IV was an interesting king who had a lot of potential. He was an...
The quarter with that counterstamp is far rarer.
I think that it is going to come back as a Proof.
When I bought this coin at the Gimbels Department coin counter in the mid 1960s, they graded it EF. NGC graded it MS-62, Brown. My grade is AU-58,...
MS-63, Brown.
Here is one of the few counterstampled coins in my collection. It is a "Vote the Land Free" large cent that is part of my political collection....
This is one of my favorites because the Small Eagle that appears on the first U.S. $5 and $10 gold coins was the last design I needed to have an...
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