looks like a slider to me.
I have a stash, which I expect to be selling out of my trunk in dark alleys behind coin shows in a couple of years.
LED lights if used for examining coins will show up virtually every imperfection and hairline on the surface. I find a small LED penlight...
Really impossible to say with the toning hiding who knows what. Great luster, I'll venture 66.
Went through about 3 rolls tonight, found about 6 like the one BillyB posted, 1 with doubled "monticello," and 1 with doubling on the obv....
Thanks for posting those quotes from the PCGS guide, Paul. That states very clearly, I think, what we have been trying to get at here.
yes. the high points often did not strike up very well and it can be hard to tell poor strike vs wear. reading between the lines, I think that...
The links are to high relief SG's which are graded to a different standard than the regular relief issues under discussion. personally, I could...
Thanks for all the tips and good wishes, guys!
Ignoring the big hit in the obv field, I think it meets the 58 standard. I do not think we can appraise the condition of the field luster due to...
Is there a big price jump from 64 to 65? If so I bet that coin was submitted a few times. Would it cross at grade to pcgs? I seriously doubt it.
I took a look at those lots, my thoughts based on the photos, the 42-O looks overly bright to me and probably dipped out. The 1906 looks properly...
I could see that coin as either MS63 (which is what I think it graded) or AU58 (if the luster breaks extend across the entire breast area, and are...
I have been saving all the ones that look to me as if they might be FS coins, both 63 and 64. Most of them probably aren't but I probably have a...
First think I noticed was that the label was all wrong. then the slab. then the coin. I would recommend that anyone who has trouble telling...
Great thread, Tom! Nothing beats having an album of coins in front of you, but a lot of the coins in my type set (which advances by fits and...
Thanks, I'll check for DDR's.
63ish
I pulled out my PCGS grading guide. WRT the regular relief Saints, the guide states: "For AU-55/58 coins...friction is noted on the breast and leg...
I inherited a bunch of unc. rolls of 63P and 64P nickels, are there any pickable varieties I should be on the lookout for? thanks in advance for...
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