Greg, I think you should be shooting for a problem free holder rather than a star designation. A few years ago, I attempted to assemble a toned...
Bruiser, I assume that the excerpt that you posted in the Mercury Dime thread was from this book. What you posted was a little light in...
I like the look of the IS albums very much. The dark green provides a great contrast against silver and nickel coins. However, I have found that...
Keep in mind the example I used involved a Gem BU Washington Quarter, not an XF/AU Morgan or Peace Dollar. I think his photos are attractive, but...
He takes common date AU silver coins worth melt and tones them up and sells them. I don't like that he does this either but IMO, he makes it...
The only people he is fooling are the "illiterate" and the "lazy."
I tried to list some coins in auction format and was very disappointed by the outcome. Unless you have a very loyal following of customers like...
Artificially Toned coins are problem coins just like coins that are cleaned, whizzed, polished etc. And just like the vast majority of problem...
The 38-D is nice but I am afraid that the carbon spotting on the reverse will prevent it from an MS67 grade and the 38-D is very common in high...
What reference are you using to grade these Mercury Dimes? Whenever there is loss of definition of the vertical lines of the fasces and the...
I'm not sure, are those your grades or what you thought the auction house graded the coins?
If the auction house is overgrading, those grades sound good to me.
Nice Intercept Shield holder.
I would submit the ones selected above, I think they are the ones with the best chance at MS67.
Greg, That is very cool but at the risk of sounding like Doug, I am not going to judge luster from photos. I will however take your word that...
It is not a proof, it is an SMS Jefferson, this is what they look like. [img]
No way the 53-P gets full steps, too many little nicks. The 47-S on the other hand has a good shot. It has a real shot at full steps if the...
Don't take this the wrong way, but to many people, it will be worth silver melt value. Jefferson Nickels do not have numismatic value in the...
That coin is circulated, nobody is going to pay money for a circulated Statehood quarter. Heck, I can't even sell PCGS graded PR69 DCAMs on E-Bay.
I did my best to get the marks to show on the photos, but they are elusive due to the toning. I think PCGS got it right, they are just a little...
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