I have spent a lifetime in retail. You obviously haven't. In retail, we know that 80% of such claims are "dirty scamming thieves." That's the...
If you bought something from Amazon in an envelope, and the envelope arrived empty, you'd go through the roof if they didn't refund you...
Have a look at his signature line....
You want to know what it's like in my head? He posted this: ...and I saw this: :cyclops:
It might also help to mention the denomination of the coin.... It appears to be a Dollar; the Half Dollar has a more radical curve to LIBERTY in...
I had no idea you were Mike. :) Still like last year's better: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] ....not that it'll stop me from getting this year's, too. :)
If you can't tell the difference between your coin and those coins, you've much to learn. Mint planchet preparation processes in 1921 differed...
That looks like - in the case of a better coin - a situation where dipping would finish a restoration with a coin which dipping alone would destroy.
I just rinse with acetone, which takes care of remaining surface water and evaporates without physical "drying." From the dip, under running hot...
Don't forget, 1921's tone very differently than other Morgans, so evaluating them uses different rules.
OK, this is kind of interesting. Cogitation is in order. :)
I hesitate to think too much more deeply than I have, because there is only one set of images - admittedly very good ones - shot from one single...
On the die, polishing lines are not going to stop short and "halo" around devices, either, since those devices are recessed below the surface...
The screws are to ensure a camera won't mount directly to it. :) I don't see anything at the rear of the vertical support for gearing, so this...
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Honestly, my grade is almost 100% based on the number and locations of marks easily visible on the face.
In these pics, one can only make out the signs of the harsh cleaning the coin has endured in the right side of the cheek and right reverse field....
Dave's not here, man. I can see it in a 65RD slab; I have it at 64.
With this look, I'd start the acetone operation with at least 24 hours' continuous soak and more likely 48. Chances are it would take a few such...
Well, as I said the opinion offered was a personal one, and I feel a TPG would call it Damaged, at least. If there are any_more hairlines than...
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