I think not, if you're referring to the "darker" areas. It's a nice frosty coin to begin with, and those are just incidental-handling places where...
I have to recuse myself because basic research turned the coin up immediately, but I will say I completely agree with you.
I've read a few discussions of this type over the years, and so far nobody really seems to know why. :)
See, that's a fundamental difference in our thinking. I disagree that it should be in any way acceptable to overcharge like this. We can't...
A pre-cud S-187 in that grade should be had for rather less (~$400); I'm not saying Tom's price is as low as it could be either - it realized $341...
The underlying question is, "As a buyer, do you have the right to expect a market-reasonable price from a seller, or are you on your own?"...
Well, if you want me to be serious.... :) Butternut has some rather nice Large Cents, as does Tom Deck. In fact, for my own interests, if it were...
Well, what would you consider "reasonable" in terms of cost? My "reasonable" for a Draped issue would be a coin that looked like this: [ATTACH]
Yeah, it does. At least with Ruth's you're paying the premium for the ambiance and service, intangibles which add value. With these people,...
Well, here's the Ebay coin linked earlier: [ATTACH] The zinc is in much better condition, and I can easily see this one is as-struck.
The only way for that coin to be as-struck is for it to have corroded considerably since the moment of strike. The surfaces are pitted; the rims...
That's what they look like when you polish them hard enough. :)
How many of these will be returns from people disgusted that they couldn't even strike Full Bands into them, or otherwise-marred specimens?...
Agreed.
Didn't realize you were referring in your previous post to the die scratch near the foot, as your detail image shows. I see no glaring reason not...
That's just what they call a "Closed 9," a feature on Morgans common enough that some years' VAMs are separated into broad categories by whether...
Your phone images are excellent. They leave no doubt.
What die "break at the right wing?" That's not a feature mentioned in resources for authenticating this date. It's a $500 coin in cleaned VF; you...
I would ask how an original, as-struck surface can be so badly pitted as the coin presented here. By comparison, the Ebay coin linked presents...
Yeah, I wouldn't have buyers' remorse having spent that money on those. :)
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