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    Lessons In Problem Coins: Smoothed Surfaces

    This.
    Post by: C-B-D, Aug 7, 2018 in forum: US Coins Forum
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    Post your under $50.00 purchase...

    I nabbed this one for $50 best offer today on eBay. Seller's pics. [ATTACH]
    Post by: C-B-D, Aug 7, 2018 in forum: US Coins Forum
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    Lessons In Problem Coins: Smoothed Surfaces

    A quick eBay search turns up none for NGC.
    Post by: C-B-D, Aug 7, 2018 in forum: US Coins Forum
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    Lessons In Problem Coins: Smoothed Surfaces

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    Post by: C-B-D, Aug 7, 2018 in forum: US Coins Forum
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    Lessons In Problem Coins: Smoothed Surfaces

    It's on all coins. I saw it on a capped bust half the other day.
    Post by: C-B-D, Aug 7, 2018 in forum: US Coins Forum
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    Lessons In Problem Coins: Smoothed Surfaces

    PCGS has been calling coins, "Surfaces Smoothed," for a few years now. I don't know how it is done, but the purpose is to erase field and major...
    Post by: C-B-D, Aug 7, 2018 in forum: US Coins Forum
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    Lessons In Problem Coins: Smoothed Surfaces

    I was planning on making these into a series. Good work @Kentucky !
    Post by: C-B-D, Aug 7, 2018 in forum: US Coins Forum
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    Lessons in problem coins: Whizzed.

    Thanks for this. Also, as a side... I bet that felt gooooood, didn't it?
    Post by: C-B-D, Aug 7, 2018 in forum: US Coins Forum
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    Lot of 19 Half & Full Dollars - Anything here?

    When I was a kid, in the days before the internet, my grandfather gave me a Red Uncirculated 1972 off-center Lincoln cent. All I had was a...
    Post by: C-B-D, Aug 7, 2018 in forum: US Coins Forum
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    Lessons in problem coins: Whizzed.

    It's been whizzed. If you replace the wire brush with a softer, yet still abrasive material, you still move metal, and you still get the false...
    Post by: C-B-D, Aug 6, 2018 in forum: US Coins Forum
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    Lessons in problem coins: Whizzed.

    Correct.
    Post by: C-B-D, Aug 6, 2018 in forum: US Coins Forum
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    Extremely Disappointed with PCGS

    I wish seated liberty dimes would have a full head (FH) designation. I hate when they are UNC without a fully struck head.
    Post by: C-B-D, Aug 6, 2018 in forum: Coin Chat
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    1852 Large cent On thick planchet?

    Fairly common. I saw a seated half dollar on eBay like this last week. The reeding was gone and the edge was curled like that.
    Post by: C-B-D, Aug 6, 2018 in forum: US Coins Forum
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    Old Penny Boards

    They look unnaturally bright. Some definitely look cleaned. Others not.
    Post by: C-B-D, Aug 5, 2018 in forum: US Coins Forum
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    Lessons in problem coins: Whizzed.

    Lastly, I'll share a close up of the "halos" that others have mentioned. The dremel used for whizzing the coin could not get into the tight spaces...
    Post by: C-B-D, Aug 5, 2018 in forum: US Coins Forum
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    Lessons in problem coins: Whizzed.

    Also sometimes called, "false luster."
    Post by: C-B-D, Aug 5, 2018 in forum: US Coins Forum
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    Lessons in problem coins: Whizzed.

    I don't know. In this case, it appears to me that the device was spun over the entire coin. I could be wrong, however. Although the coin does...
    Post by: C-B-D, Aug 5, 2018 in forum: US Coins Forum
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    Lessons in problem coins: Whizzed.

    Here, you can see another result of whizzing. Namely, the "dark" areas that appear on the eagle, that have the same "liquid" look of the fields....
    Post by: C-B-D, Aug 5, 2018 in forum: US Coins Forum
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    Lessons in problem coins: Whizzed.

    This seller did us a big favor by posting lots of pics. Here you can see the entire obverse at a different angle. [ATTACH]
    Post by: C-B-D, Aug 5, 2018 in forum: US Coins Forum
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    Lessons in problem coins: Whizzed.

    I'm in over my head. I had a conversation with a well known dealer at a show a couple years ago about this topic and the ANA. The details of that...
    Post by: C-B-D, Aug 5, 2018 in forum: US Coins Forum
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