Until 1990, mintmarks were applied by hand, and wandered all over the area below the date. If it doesn't intrude into the date, touches Abe's...
There is a simpler test than the Oddy to see if any holder is truly tight from contaminants. Put drops of a water soluble ink in the coin space...
Do you have some photos of the '17 DD before they were sent in? Easier to see than in a holder. Almost everything is an opinion about grading...
At this point I would suggest the non-PVC plastic flips as an inexpensive , yet fairly safe holder for your finds. No need yet to get the...
Nice error coin. It looks like it wouldn't slab, but a good price for such a coin. Jim
Welcome Shameless to the forum. I am fuzzy on your statement and I wonder if it was different grade than expected or cleaned, questionable...
Leadfoot beat me.....but he brings up a good point. What would be a "rare" coin where a roll or 2 would shift the pricing within a year or so....
ICG is the only one of the big 4 that do not have a visible population survey, so you could hide some coins from the market in their slabs. This...
By the "N"? Jim
It is just guessing until you have it in hand and can get good photos. A call either way would probably at the best only be 75% or so, as there...
The Cherrypicker Guide is in 2 volumes. The Vol. 1 up to half dimes is in the 5th edition, while the Vol.2 half dimes on, is still 4th edition. Jim
Thanks Doug for your opinion. I am going to put them to the side until I can really do careful checks. If I just had one such coin, I would agree...
My first "bought" coin was a "1922 BU Peace $" many years before the internet, from Mt. Vernon Coins. What did I know then? Less than now. It is...
Most of the counterfeits I have seen are of the high rarity 1888/7 Snow 1 with exagerrated "7". Snow mentions in his book there are only about 30...
Hi and welcome to the forum! here is a posting of mine on the subject with photos....
Several of the lines on Lincoln's face , such as the one from his lower lip down to his lower jaw is in all of "stage 4" along with others such as...
To be straight, I have looked at several dozens of these coins over the years, and I must admit I had never seen these marks until I obtained this...
Here is one of the rejected coins. The first photo is the whole coin ( look at the field in front of Lincoln's face. the second is at about 8X,...
I came into a group of one of my favorite Lincolns ( 1960 D/D sm/lg) and submitted them to NCG for grading. Before I did, I took each coin and...
It used to be a 1947 D, IMHO. Jim
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