From your description, I suspect you'll simply have the grade reduced to MS-60 or MS-61 because of the small marks. It has to get fairly bad to be...
Now I have a problem with redundancy. Now it's either Majortime or Bigtime, but NEVER Majorbigtime. I just don't understand people who can't use...
He must have been prospecting in China.
I can't get a Breen reference, but I had hoped it would become an online resource. It was briefly and then was taken down before I ever saw it. I...
I'd love some of that "junk."
ps This is from observation of the two groups of bulk coins I've accumulated and divided into pre 1982 and post 1982 piles. My wheaties are in...
At some point the vending machine lobby has to be broken. They have driven the mint rather than reacting to it. The mint's only job should be to...
Yep. I expanded to the modern Middle Dates when I got John Wrights "The Cent Book."
I have different break points. 1793 Chains and Wreaths 1793-1796 Caps 1796-1807 Busts 1808-1814 Classics 1816-1839 Middle Dates everything else...
I have to go with this one. 1793 NC-5 Large Cent. The ONE that even Dan Holmes couldn't get. [IMG][IMG] Created using coins from other pairings...
There may be some component to the ability to complete the set with a country where collecting began less than 100 years after it commenced. I...
Thanks for the excellent explanation. I love that bifurcation.
I've got worse. It has good detail for a beat up coin. It's a rather common variety S-161 with lots of character as die breaks develope.
Nice middle dates. I'll have to post my 1837 N-15 which is my nicest middle date when I swap them out at the bank.
I would think that would make more sense if yours was the earlier Die State. I'm baffled. To reduce the coins lettering relief (to make the...
Now I agree with the attribution from the die breaks at L and above 7 circled in red, but I now see something I can't explain when comparing...
With the advent of Detail Grading, this needs to be updated. What are the new standards for receiving standard Grading, Detail Grading or body...
The great thing about it is that your coin is equal in detail with just those minor blemishes and is affordable. I'd love to have more relief and...
I'd like to volunteer to give those coins a nice and appreciative home. I've been collecting for 45 years so I meet the age and lifelong interest...
You might get it back Detail Graded rather than body bagged. That way they aren't guaranteeing a value for an assigned grade.
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