I don't have much of an exit strategy. Youth is a factor in that since I figure I've 50-60 years before I "assume room temperature", giving me...
1894S Barber half
Pete, Well shown! To the OP'er when something (a book usually) is talking about serifs on a Lincoln cent then they are usually talking about...
you need to remove it since it will continue to eat away at the coin's surface. I recommend a product called Biox. Just google it.
Keep anything from 2002-date as they were not released into circulation and have mintages of about 3 million each (IIRC), the 2000, 2001, and...
yep, thanks! I was sure I was doing something the wrong way and your explanation was very helpful.
It means that they deemed the color to be substantially diffeent from the standard isssued color of a copper cent. There are 3 color...
I think its a different guy. This guy's a quick shipper, unlike aboncom and he is located in Missouri, not Ohio. I think he is just submitting...
At least it is a relatively cheap set to put together! Have fun!
I must be missing something then. I am working from the 18th ed. of Photograde and the second ed. of the ANA grading Standards... and the ANA...
but Speedy, it's not hearsay, he specifically told us that his coin has a reeded edge! yes, however, as I am sure you know, all of those...
gonna say VF30 too much detail in the lower portion of the wreath to be an F
Guys, you're working at this too hard! He said that it has a reeded edge: A genuine 1804 dollar would have a lettered edge (I believe the...
Your point is well taken, the standard deviation of EVERY grader's (forum member who participated's) grades is greater for the PCGS than the NGC...
in average circulated condition they are worth about $12-$15 each. The 1903 ones are a little better date, so they are worth at least $15 and...
My grandmother died a few years back and I "inherited" (read: salvaged from the massive house cleaning and garbage removal effort) a couple of old...
not necessarily, the little letter (or no letter) tell us where the coin was minted (none=Philadelphia, D=Denver, S=San Francisco, O=New Orleans,...
I guessed that this was going to be the result, when you mentioned that you had a point! I just didn't get to this thread until you'd already...
The Barber half series is relatively free from countefiet/alterations, especially when compared to other series.
It is likely that someone who sorted marked them in an attempt to be certain that they weren't sorting the same coins over and over again.
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