You're most welcome. Dipping alone, will not prevent a silver or gold coin from being graded, as opposed to body-bagged. I singled out silver and...
I think he's selling a lot of cleaned coins and/or the imaging is making them appear that way.
Yes, I am speaking of the semi-reflective appearance, which is completely unnatural. It looks as if it has been polished or buffed.
And here's the original coin in question: [IMG]
Jacob, forget about the hairlines, as they often don't show up in images. Look at the face and the fields on the obverse - the luster/sheen...
I disagree. It doesn't merely look dipped or over dipped to me. It looks cleaned or polished - note the unnatural sheen on the obverse. That is...
The obverse, in particular, looks polished to me.
If you have to ask a question like that I'd suggest you not spend any more money on coins until you have a much better understanding of the rare...
Don't assume that coins necessarily sell at the listed prices. Sometimes they do, but other times they sell for considerably less.
In this case, however, it's not even the same thing/date being sold. The linked item is a scarcer 1889-O, not the common 1899-O that it was being...
The images look distorted but my guess is that the coin is AU and I have questions regarding whether the color is natural or not.
The date looks wrong, especially the "3", so my guess is that it's not the real thing. If it is listed for sale on Ebay or elsewhere, please post...
What do you base those comments on?
Without commenting on the particular coin in this thread, below is an NGC AU58 for comparison. Do those who expressed an XF or low grade AU...
If you've already done that, why not share their response with us?
I'd like to know that, as well.
But you asked about grade and value, the latter, in particular, which can't really be determined from other than an in-hand inspection.
I saw that coin listed for sale and thought it appeared to be AU and nice looking. But, images rarely show enough about how a coin really looks...
Depending on the coins, their appearances and what I thought I could sell them for, I might or might not pay more for the certified example. So,...
I believe that you are being unfair here. For example, PCGS doesn't claim that coins they grade MS70 are perfect. Instead, they state "....the...
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