I wanted to let other less-experienced VAMmers have a shot at attribution. It's a 36A, characterized by the bulge below the tailfeathers, and the...
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Well, the key to VAMming is knowing what's "common" and what's not for die anomalies. In this case, extensive die cracking is common, but cracking...
....which, if true (and the dark spotting on areas of both faces supports the theory), is conclusive proof of being dipped and/or mechanically...
63-ish. Maybe 62 in a newer slab.
No need to crack it; your first obverse image says all that needs to be said. They moved so fast grading this coin that they didn't test alternate...
Well, let's see what we got. Normal Date, Round O maybe a little high and a little left, tilted right. No clashing noted. Patch of weirdness under...
Well, there's no rule saying you and I can't use magnification to see if the resolution's there. Thank Goodness. :)
Probably the reason that they generally assign the grade of the lowest face as the grade.
Fun, but deceptive, especially in view of NorthKorea's point about resolution. That's why I prefer newspaper type as the litmus test - it reveals...
There's more than a grain of honest truth in his statement - his original post was 7 years ago. In this case, the information presented is of a...
Mae West is younger than this thread. :P
Heck, if he submitted 100 64's I doubt more than 40 of them would come back above 63, much less retain the "+." :) But two or three would...
Yours looks like a pretty late one, and has a good shot at 64. The $470 sale this January of a PCGS 64 was (I think) a bit of an anomaly, although...
....and it does not matter so much that it has not circulated, as that it does not look like it has circulated.
Nor will you.
Not the way I'd have worded it, but if I'm interpreting it correctly, I agree with you. I use newspaper type readability at distance as my own...
"Small premium?" Snerk. That's a $500 coin, brother. :)
2" of mirroring gets you nothing.
It's easier to hairline a coin than the Mylar of a 2x2.
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