[ATTACH] I've been watching this issue for some time - hard to find one with a good strike, let alone a full grade. This is graded AU55. I think...
I think it shows wear around the top of the cap/crown and on the eagle wings. AU is my guess.
[ATTACH] I have a hard time discerning wear from weak strikes on these early half eagles. But I think by 1844 the Dahlonega coins were coming out...
I believe the DOI on display is "an" original copy, not "the" original copy. I knew there were a bunch of original copies so I looked it up. The...
I've only done it one time, but I cracked a PCI XF45 Carson City half-eagle and it came back from NGC as AU58! I made up for a lot of small...
[ATTACH] Ok - sent the first one one back - got this one in the mail today and I really like it. Esoterica - I think it's an N-5. Very sweet old...
Yeah, I part of it could be just bad pictures - intentionally featureless.
I know this Ebay seller (centsles) has been brought up before. What I'm wondering is, can anyone who knows more about this than I do explain what...
Cool, thanks. Is almost purple sort of color what it really looks like?
Thanks folks - I didn't submit the coin - I basically have it on approval. I have no idea how long ago it was graded. As to the color - it looks...
Sweet picture of a nice coin, Kirkuleez! Thanks for posting that.
Got it! thanks!
Thanks. What is verdi-care? Does it mean you crack it and treat it and re-submit it? Or do you mean just leave it alone?
Wow! Last thing I expected was proposing it be cleaned. But I don't know jack about copper coins. Very interested to hear other views. Thanks.
hmm - thanks for taking the time to respond. Wouldn't conservation automatically make it "details"? And wouldn't there be pitting underneath it?...
I've been collecting mid-19th century US coins for a while now, but I only recently decided to find a large cent - I need it to be an 1840 because...
Regarding the post office: FWIW, I've had absolutely perfect results with priority mail and several disasters with first class. Why anyone uses...
Yes, you could be right about that. It's highly possible regarding the PVC. I posted the slabbed coins because of the strike difference as part...
whoops! oh well. So we all know it's xf45 in an older PCGS holder. Reviewing other 45's, it's way better than every one I can find in terms of...
Very interesting. So with early (say before 1866) coins there is huge variation in strike. for example (as in another post I started yesterday)...
Separate names with a comma.
