I recommend the book "The Official American Numismatic Association Grading Standards for United States Coins". The jawline, chin and the curl on...
PCGS's newest photo grade service is a good start. http://www.pcgs.com/Photograde/#/Washington/Grades There really isn't a good online...
I saw those pictures a couple of years ago. They have gotten better since then for sure.
Well technically it is unclad... but that is because it was eaten by acid. Unplated cents that come from the mint still have mint luster where the...
HUH??? IMO this coin has had it's outer layer eaten by acid as Thad stated.
It's very close. The pic of the 107 I have The I looks to be slightly more centered into the T... it could by my eyes playing tricks... like I...
Hey gang! I bought this is a large group of half dollars yesterday. I have been able to identify all of them (there were 30 or so) except this...
That's what we do with them most of the time If I do sell them... I sell them in lots... the more the merrier...
This is the dangerous type of seller... Does he know these are fake???? Who knows... Does he care??? Who knows.... The guys who sell a ton...
That would have be something you would have to take up with them. I don't mess with a lot of new graded stuff so that isn't something I've ever...
Send it back in in the holder and ask them to reholder it. I have an invoice here in front of me. It looks like it costs $5 to reholder an NGC...
Coming into this thread I was leaning more towards a non genuine piece. From my experiences the piece did look just a little too round compared...
It weighs 3.9 grams and it's 12-13 mm's
Hi gang! As you may or may not know I am a novice at best when it comes to this type of stuff tho I see it quite regularly. I know there are a...
Well one has been sold.... the one that you show here. I assume you purchased it?
When I took the pictures the coin had a layer of PVC on the obverse from how it was stored which I think is what you are seeing. I have since...
You should know by now that I like that obscure stuff that you only see in the front of the Redbook... ;)
Thanks for the answer!
It does appear to be the 1188. I'm thinking it might go to NGC.
I just picked this piece up this morning. I thought you folks might like to see ;) The striations are perfectly normal for these pieces and I...
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