Anyone here collect Full Talon SBA's? I read a monograph on the subject a few years ago, and it was very interesting. The authors defined FT, and...
Yes, I own one. It was out of a holder long enough to apply acetone and take a picture, and then it went into a holder. And, the ancient guys...
Yes, that appears to be FBL. There is a small mark across the top set of lines at the far left, but I've seen worse in NGC holders as FBL. It...
Fantastic read, leeg. As always, I enjoy your thoroughly researched stories about these coins.
Very attractive coin. I'm going to guess AU-58. It appears that there is some wear on his cheek and the eagle's shoulder. Your video seems to...
You're probably going to get guesses between VF-30 and EF-40. I'm leaning towards the high end of that range. A conservative grade would be 35,...
I don't understand. Why would you delete?
I've never used them, but it appears to be an Ebay-type affair. As for sellers that don't ship to the US - it might not be something they...
I'm fairly certain that this coin is not a proof. A proof would have a sharp, crisp strike. It should also have square rims. Your coin has...
The more you handle raw coins, the more likely you are to damage them. Any raw coin I have is only raw long enough to rinse in acetone, dry, and...
The TPG is the reference grade. It's the standard, and I'm judging CT's accuracy compared to the TPG. As you know, the TPGs have a wide variance....
I do like the reverse design, especially when it has strong black and white cameo contrast: [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I will make sure I adjust polls up and down a bit in future threads. I don't want to include an "other" option, because that is impossible to...
I am limited to 10 choices for a poll. I can't offer a wider range.
These do come in PL, occasionally. Both the 99P and 99D are available in PL. Here's my 66PL: [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
What would you grade this coin then, with no poll constraints? And could you explain why you would grade it that?
Thanks for including the video so I can see how the luster behaves. I see absolutely nothing on this coin that indicates wear (no discoloration,...
Yes, there is a lot of detail on the portrait, but that seems to be the way a lot of these 1807 dimes wear. I personally like this one better at...
Two new threads are up! https://www.cointalk.com/threads/the-official-grading-experiment-phase-2-3.355072/...
At the conclusion of Phase 1 around Christmas, I began to think that the photos I was using (from Heritage) might be biasing the grading guesses....
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