Doesan't look like a scratch to me either . Are they raised ?
Thanks Peter , and a Happy Thanksgiving to you also .
Just an idea Dick , in future threads you could have us include a details grade if we choose genuine details , then you could use that grade to...
Just ask any Early American Copper collector . When I first started collecting I bought what I could afford , as I got older it had to be MS or...
If that was the case . I doubt if it would be in such worn condition , it would have been made for some rich collector .
If I was voting I'd go AU-55 . But a 58 wouldn't suprise me . Depends on if the spots were there when slabbed and wether it was a Mon or Fri. at...
Que pasa , buddy . Give me a call .
Only way to tell for sure is an acid test . Take it to a coin or Pawn shop they'll tell you .
I like em . Thanks .
You know how it gets with cleaning threads and AT vrs NT threads . :)
Either a 65 or 66 right now I could flip a coin if the marks were there when slabbed or not . Being NGC even with all that's going on a 66
That's kinda what I thought after reading your post yesterday . Why they changed the date I can't figure out . But your explanation is the only...
Please no abrasive method , dipping is an accepted method , but more coins have been ruined from dipping than improved . If you feel you must mess...
The coin that doesn't have a vine go through the claw is an 1806 , these have a known Overton #108 and 109 and 109a , with the date and other...
Ditto , every one should have some examples of the different types of Doubling .
Vess , time to get that checkbook out , and make a large contribution to PCGS or NGC , I'd love to see some of your commems .
Weight of a coin is one way to tell a fake , if it's way off it's a fake . Being the right weight doesn't make it a real coin , only that it was...
At 1st glance I don't think it's real , never seen a date look like that for an 1805 coin , also on the reverse , the eagles left leg should be...
Glad to see a back .
You're probably right and that shows the incompitance of the tpgs . How can a perfect coin be on the high or low end of perfect , A 70 coin should...
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