Tolerance is +/- 0.13 g so this is within tolerance.
AU55 ?
You could make it a continuing thread, posting half-a-dozen at a time and then averaging the estimations...
I stand corrected.
Die break and lamination, I think.
I made a "gold" half penny for my niece.
https://www.doubleddie.com/144864.html
Yeah, looks like a tiny "zit" occurred and somehow environmental damage is taking place.
I thought luster was desirable and necessary for higher MS grades, but not necessary for it to be MS...for example MS60
This "member" made ONE post back in 2018 and none since then. I don't think he is listening!
Or, satisfy that itch and get a cheapie that you can upgrade.
[ATTACH] I've seen spots like that where a speck of some chemical has started deterioration around where it deposited itself.
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Turn the flash off, generally, set the lighting yourself, and see about rinsing coins and dabbing or blotting dry instead of wiping. On most...
First, get another scale that reads to 0.01 g. Second 3.3 on your scale could be anything from 3.26 to 3.34 and still read out as 3.3. The...
Actually it seems to me that grading up to MS60 isn't THAT hard (ignorance is bliss), but distinguishing all the MS grades is difficult!
Another picture from the e-bay listing [IMG]
I have a couple of dozen, some are odd basement slabber types I have bought for as little as $0.25 just for fun. The latest was a 1923 Peace...
There have been coins pictured here that the poster thought had a mint mark on the edge, but were just damage. Let's see yours.
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