Rare Tim, rare bird............
Good analogy....:) Nope. Perceived luster, maybe, but the flowlines have been stripped with the movement of metal.
Is that foam ring made of inert material? I had a Grant commem in one of those holders that employed the foam and when I popped the capsule to...
What the dipping does is strip the flow lines (in the case of an over-dipped coin) and in such a drastic case there would be minimal, if any,...
My pleasure dear fellow......:)
Wonderfully marvelous pictures he has. I'd never take a chance on that one......
Do you have this one Joe? http://americansilvereagles.us/ This is a terrific contest! A great way to add a few more bookmarks.......:) Also,...
Not many. Actually, yours is the first I've encountered. The fact that 'Liberty' (under the bear) is barely readable accounts for my feelings of...
Just a thought here........of the coins I keep in 2x2's, nary a one will be sent in for submission to a TPG'er. Carry on.........:)
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Employing elementary ANA standards of grading there is no way that coin would grade VF........
Tim deserves a good poke here and there but not in this thread..........
Works for me.......
XF...........
From the looks of those rims it appears that some of the metal had been ground off. What's the diameter of the coin? It should measure 24.3 mm.
Welcome to the forum James. Please forgive the 'run out of town on a rail' attitude that some of us have as we are all very passionate in what we...
You're right Larry, I voted with my gut feeling (what I feel the grade should be) rather than what I felt the TPG'er would go with. Still, I hold...
VG-8..........
Completely agree with that assessment Onecenter. I feel the same way about the uncirculated version. It appears more 'satiny' in appearance to me.
Probably..........
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