If you consider a Morgan, take to heart my mention of a raw example vs. a slabbed one. I feel your chances of buying a genuine example to be...
Let's just say, in my case, quantity has had a quality all its' own....
The final step is owning up to the fact that the before/after are in correct order, left to right. :)
You want to see what dip does to copper? OK. Before. These were heavily overlit to expose any detail at all; the coin was almost black: [ATTACH]...
This_specific_issue would be high on my list if I felt it within the budget, but no kind of gold is in the budget. I predicate that answer on the...
I'm not competent to decide if these are actually Proofs or not, but keep in mind this isn't original Mint packaging. These coins are in a Capital...
Well, despite my lack of interest in Moderns I do firmly believe that all the coins should be looked at. So you're performing a useful service to...
It's just too "cute." Too mushy, too....everything. Start with the denticles.
I would aim to buy what I collect. :) You appear to have no real "focus" to your collecting - nothing wrong with that :) - so I'd advise walking...
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Not a chance it's real.
Every other year is arranged by mint. Why not this one?
My bad; I parsed the timeline of your story wrong. Good on them, then.
Thank goodness. I was about to Ignore you, too.
Wait, NGC just not only accepted a coin from a non-member, but processed and conserved it? Did you even use a submission form? This is bizarre.
Recommend? Acetone, Xylene and Verdicare. What I'd do? Well, l'd have already had that coin boiled in Therminol....kids, don't do this at home. :)
Heh. I meant individual coins adding up to a full roll. :) Wasn't easy to count, though - when I did a text search for "1909-S VDB" in Sold...
Wait...did I just see two posters come to near-conflict, and instead communicate and defuse the situation? Be still, my heart.
If it were me, I'd be throwing everything but the kitchen sink at that puppy. :D
There's been a full roll worth of just MS64 and above sold at major auctions (outside Ebay) in the last five months, per PCGS Auction Prices. A...
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