The weak dentils on the rev. bother me some, but this is not uncommon due to misaligned dies. The coin has the correct type 1 obv and rev. The...
Thanks for the update, great closeups with annotation!
stan? gated? who's stan?
Great thread and really neat campaign pieces. I had never known much about Polk; thanks for the history lesson. I'll post a coin from 1844:...
very nice for a "details" coin; the damage is not all that obvious. I thought it looked F12.
I'd recommend Jason Poe's book; the Travers book; and the Red Book Guide Book to US type coins by Bowers, very succinct but still with loads of...
AU53?
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well ,those are small areas and sort of concealed, not in a focal area. On a well circulated coin they probably won't rule out a straight grade,...
I think you both need to go into time out.
Looks like a nice original example. Better date too with a mintage of just under 400k. I'd say about VF30 although the marks on the date and...
I don't think I could improve on masterswimmer's description. as to the rim cuts, if they were on the planchet-- after the rim was raised up--...
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the above coin sold on ebay recently. surfaces are extremely porous, dentils are bad no matter what angle you look at them. The edge reeding,...
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It's a tiny coin so the tiny rim ding should not r/o a straight grade. If the obv looks too reflective or hairlined probably gets details.
Well, if she's au, the contact marks don't really matter, mainly it comes down to remaining luster and absence of cleaning marks . I'm...
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