As a matter of fact, the top of the pile grading services has their own code/terminology for "improperly cleaned" coins and will refuse to grade...
Close quarters .12ga 00 naught buck shot. Score Bad Guys: 0 Good Guys: 1 Oh yeah, I originally misunderstood the question, and now I'm totally...
How is that possible, to be under the number date? I see where the 1 has been relocated, but there lots of little marks and indents on this coin...
Glad to you are back, I also had one of them Doctors from India, a kidney specialist, I could not pronounce his name either, but for the bi-opsy...
The floret above the date is an applied chop mark, it represents a fan. I have seen this before on Trade Dollars.
If the seller is an authorized PCGS dealer, the the seller is obligated pledge wise to respect the assigned grade on the slab, no if's, ands or...
It would have to be a very serious operator error for this occur on the coining presses used to mint the Franklin half dollar proofs. The knuckle...
Never store coins in the sock/underwear drawer.
The chop right above the date and the one on his neck look familiar...the rest of those marks, well I just don't know. At $6 you can't really go...
There, I fixed that for ya...after all, this is a museum.
Looking over this sellers other current items, nothing but colored junk. The other (2nd) negative where the buyer claims it's not a small date,...
As I understand, the pins used to support the coins are coated with the same metal content as the coin. ie; gold, silver, copper, nickel..etc....
I can only look at it for a few seconds before I git sea sick and have to avert my eyes. Something you don't see everyday...list it on e-Bay as...
I'm not even at all physic, but I already knew exactly what you were going to say...uncanny ain't it? (insert winkie here)
Thanks for all this valuable information cladking...one question and it maybe nothing more than your opinion but I'd like to hear it anyways....
These coins in this 3 piece set were struck at the San Fransisco Mint beginning in 1975. The outer layers are composed of 80% Silver, and 20%...
Well then, the Secret Service needs to come and cuff my wife, she's been throwing money away for years.
I think the Secret Service has a bit more on their plate than to nab a person attempting to spend a machinist cleverly disguised half dollar.
To sort them by date, you could use a coal shovel.
I do not have a problem with the early years of this particular grading company, but my concern would be with a higher grades for key coins in...
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