If it's an important coin, it's not in a slab and for sale on ebay.....that's enough red flags for me to stay far, far away.
oooo...lala!
The angle of the graining from obverse to reverse are consistent with a woody.
Excellent...let us know the outcome of this one.
NICE GREASER! That is an excellent find....about as good as a greaser comes. :cool:
I'm having a tough time with the pictures. Most interesting is the I in LIBERTY. This has potential.
Hummmm.....I guess I'm really different. I always pay in cash and I could care less about getting a receipt. Then again, all of the dealers I use...
I rinse all of my coins with acetone before putting them into Airtite holders. It's a good practice to dehydrate the coin and to remove any...
Red wood! SWEET COIN!!
Acetone is defintely not harsh. In fact, it's one of the most gentle coin solvents out there.
Exactly! I'm always VERY suspecious of rare, key date coins at this grade level and not in a slab. There's always a reason and it's rarely because...
Not if you store it properly, i.e. multiple layers of protection, controlled temperature, and a sacraficial copper cent near the slab. These turn...
I agree 100%.
Yep, I agree with that grade....it's a sweet coin!
eBAY is loaded with fake SVDB's....don't even bother buying one there unless it's slabbed by one of the top three AND the seller is reputable....
They are neither errors nor varieties, they are simply toned. If a untoned woody was well preserved, you would not be able to detect the improper...
I joined it WAY back when it first opened. The coin prices were like a typical police auction then, noobs over-paying....some things never...
That's pretty COOL! Congrats on the grade too!
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