The red center concerns me more than the rainbow toned periphery. It looks like MA album toning but maybe the coin was dipped before being placed...
MS64 FBL
I'm interested to know if the people who were so sure this coin was AT are just as confident now that they know it has a CAC sticker.
I think the answer to your question is completely luster dependent. If the coin has gem luster it should be MS65FB. Unfortunately, I can't say...
If he moved he would have a new IP address and anyone can use a fake name.
When did Mainebill buy that coin. CDN was $1K just two years ago so his buy price would simply reflect a retail price if purchased in that time...
What Jason is saying is that PL surfaces are indicative of an early die state and that they quickly disappear as the die ages. So unless you are...
Fair enough, but Mainebill is not an idiot.
I collected toned Peace Dollars at one time and in my experience, monochromatic yellow and gold toned coins did not drive significant price...
So guys who are deliberately toning coins for profit are too stupid to know when they have failed? That’s not believable. If this was a common...
The bizarre pattern is precisely why I think it is NT. Are we to believe that the supposed coin doctor was so sloppy as to tone a coin that had a...
I'm with Jason on this one, MS66PL
The 38-D is easy to find with blazing luster, which this coin seems to lack. I would say MS64.
Correct, there are a whole range of alloys that fall into both the brass and bronze categories with varying compositions, but the addition of Sn...
NT
This guy just broke out the phase diagram for brass. Definitely overkill, but I still feel like saying, BRAVO!
I'm aware of all of that, but if you look at his photos and the video, there is no way that coin deserves an MS63 grade.
Can someone explain to me why that second coin is graded MS63? It looks closer to MS65 than it does MS63 IMO, especially if the luster is as you...
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That is an attractive proof, but it also has the unfortunate distinction of actually have a bag mark on the jaw line.
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