The frosting looks weird, but the photo's look enhanced as well. There are certain tricks you can use to make the contrast look greater. I notice...
I was going to say the exact same thing. I'm guessing it looks much more like the slab shots. Toning on nickels generally tends to be much more...
It came a couple of days ago, and I took pictures this afternoon. Teletrade's pictures were actually quite good, but here are mine: [IMG] [IMG]
Great thread, Paul. The steps are too hard for me to see and distinguish, but you Jeffernick guys sure go crazy over them! In your experience,...
Very cool. This one should arrive in the mail any day now: [img]
Yes Paul, that is an exemplary thread. But it was before many of us were members. While we had a little bit of that discussion in my recent thread...
I guess what I use to grade my coins is a hybrid of market and technical grading then: I absolutely evaluate marks, but I consider the luster and...
I'm pretty sure that's illegal, but if you really want one, I hear Arizona is trying to get rid of them.
Sorry Doug, busy week at work. I just started the next phase of my training, which will involve 12 hour days for the next 6 months - so until...
I won't be there, its the wrong side of the continent for me. But I have been and will continue to watch the Heritage auction live streaming on...
My sister loves these elongated cents as well. She always makes sure there is some change in her purse, in case she sees a machine.
Nice PL's y'all. Keep em coming!
My well-known fascination with prooflike coinage has led me to watch the auctions for foreign prooflike coinage, although my main focus is a...
Please explain it to me - in all seriousness, if I am wrong (or if you think I am wrong), I truly want to know.
Doug, the main thing we have to remember is that TPGs DO NOT GRADE COINS!!!! TPGS value coins - they assign a price to them. Market grading and...
If you weigh it and tell us what it weighs, we can give you a better answer - but I'm almost positive that is an environmentally damaged/corroded...
Here are two sales of a different variety, but they should give you an idea. Yours is much more pronounced, but I still wouldn't give you much...
Hooray? I honestly have a hard time getting excited about anything the mint makes lately.
I had a couple of people do that with my recently listed Grandpa Glover's collection. The person made an offer, I accepted, I gave instructions...
Just to clarify, PCGS is only going to use Coin Sniffer on coins submitted for SecurePlus - that is, those who pay the extra $60 per coin for the...
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