64PL
65PL
Oh yeah. Here's an S-288 I picked up from a Heritage auction: NGC AU-50 but Mark net graded it EAC VF-30. (it's not that dark in hand or that...
@johnmilton; I like to throw my EAC grading "skills" out there so you smart guys can correct me and I can learn.
Market graded AU-Details. EAC grade AU-53, Net 35 and I'm giving the coin the benefit of the doubt since it's not in hand.
I had thought it looked more "solid" and "deep" than grease would create but I have zero experience in this area. Thanks for everyone's thoughts....
I recently acquired this 1874 IHC, ICG MS-64RB, that is label-indicated as "Struck Thru". I include a close-up of the reverse with what I believe...
Thanks everyone for your help. I checked out PCCB on eBay and Amazon and they are all shipped from China and are offered at wildly varying...
Acetone will not remove the fingerprint. I doubt that anything will without further damaging the coin but there are much more experienced people...
That is most generous of you, @Insider. But I can't help but believe that there is a vendor that makes the complete three part system that I'm...
It's obvious - we are incapable of learning from hard and bitter experience - we much prefer to stand by our beliefs however wrong experience...
I was at the last FUN Show in January and at one of the coin supplies vendor's areas I saw a display of slab inserts similar to the one shown...
To the OP's original question: For any coin with real value to you, whether financial or otherwise, you should always use fresh acetone. Once...
A lovely coin. If it's a proof, I think it's a PF67 and an early die state at that, before the lappers got to the dies. But I believe I see mint...
I grade it a 58 but I think it's slabbed at 64.
MS-64 FBL
I live in Central Florida and have found Summer FUN to be a rewarding show as a collector. It seems to me to be a 50% to 60% version of the...
No bean on the Franklin.
Maybe, maybe not. If the ID of the obverse hollow cylinder was only a few millimeters larger than the OD of the reverse anvil cylinder, then the...
Separate names with a comma.
