Does anyone recall when Conder's book came out? It was many years ago, and is probably in dire need of an update.
PCGS would probably allow it. I don't think I would call it FS because there appears to be bridging of steps 3 and 4, in at least 2 places. This...
AU-ish
EF - AU. Cleaned. Pass.
Thanks for the kind words, guys :) In other news, I did sorta the same thing with my old threads - I added more info, more explanation, more...
What you are seeing is a trick of the lighting. Those pictures are not clear enough to be able to identify doubling.
That is one of my dream coins..... I think I would rather have a re-engraved coin than a cleaned, polished, damaged, or otherwise mutilated...
Ethiopian coins from the early 1900's are affordable and have a sweet lion on them. Cameroon has a fierce looking rooster. Many coins of the...
I'm 29 and have been collecting for 28 years.
I can tell that it is somewhere above EF-40. Unfortunately, those pictures don't allow me to grade it with any more precision than that.
Unfortunately, its a counterfeit and is worth about 25 cents.
You forgot the option in your poll "There is no possible way to grade the coin from those pictures"
Those are beautiful. Some of those, however, reinforce the idea that the Star is not reliable, and is sometimes applied to coins that may or may...
I don't see it...
So, that crappy article was all about bashing Watson, and not about the medal at all.
Doug, that is a very long post, and some of it is true, and some of it is very much not. I don't have the time to pick it apart right now, but I...
Many of you who have been around for a while have seen my series of What You Need To Know posts about grading. I walked through each component of...
Mainebill - either those pictures are inaccurate, or that 1806 DBH does not have original surfaces (especially the obverse). It is far too light...
I have started a 2 part series which will discuss original and problem surfaces. You can find the first part here:...
I believe a discussion of surfaces is required for a thorough understanding of grading. I've begun a discussion here (I would have updated the OP...
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