I've had the little orphan annie on watch lists for a few years now. I agree, they are common coins -- I get a few hits every month.
Yes. TPGs have been fooled before. The Omega gold counterfeits are one example. The micro-O morgans are another. However, I believe the...
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Rebounded big? Wrong again. [img] Nobody can predict gold. Nobody.
Here's the newest addition to my type set. Please guess the grade that PCGS assigned to it. If your own grade differs, please also include that....
Marking down a bust half for a die crack seems to me even over the top for ANA standards -- and just what I'd expect from 'ya. Go get 'em GDJMSP!...
p.s. all IMHO and recognizing there are others with far more experience than myself.
I have no doubt my statement is accurate, however there are lots of business struck IHCs I've never seen so there may be prooflike examples I'm...
Don't believe everything you read/hear. Many (if not most) IHCs with toning are artifically toned -- both proof and business struck coins....
In hand, the difference should be immediately obvious. Proof IHCs look like modern proofs for the most part (they generally aren't found as...
MS 64 if the hairlines are on the coin (cheek). MS 65 if not.
I think the coin is artifically toned and would bag at a real TPG. ;) IF forced to grade, it looks like a 64 or 65 to me.
I can't grade well from (DLRC) scans, but I don't think the cheek is clean enough to guess any higher than 64.
Thought 1836 was the first year for steam press???
Just realized this thread is months old. :eek:
p.s. EVERY TPG SLABS AND GRADES CLEANED AND EVEN ARTIFICALLY TONED COINS. The call them "market acceptable". Don't fall into the trap that TPGs...
Really? I'd like to see a correctly graded Numistrust slab. ;) RUN AWAY FROM ALL SECOND AND THIRD TIER SLABS, particularly as a newbie....
p.p.p.s. my third tip for a newbie is: read as much as you can and see as many coins as you can in-hand.
p.p.s. my second tip for a newbie: learn to grade ONE series really well, then branch out.
p.s. my tip for a newbie is: for every coin you buy, try and see at least one hundred examples (preferably in-hand) before you purchase one.
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