Is it magnetic?
Always take a good look at a coin without magnification before louping it. I use a 4X or 5X for grading. If I need to see more detail I use a 5X...
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Yeah, hard to say if that is wear or friction. Even if it is light circulation wear a lot of times these coins will end up in a slab graded MS-62...
1833 Half Cent looks to be MS-63 BR. Would have gone higher if not for the large hit on Liberty's jaw line. What about the "scratch" across...
The coin is damaged. That is post-Mint damage.
It's hard to say from the photo but it looks like it could be a planchet flaw - maybe a lamination.
I'm lost. What are you talking about?
The Mint melted silver coins by the millions after the reduction in weight during the 1850s. The Mint melted copper coins (Half Cents, Large...
Don't forget the Bicentennial Quarter.
I would say EF-45. Not enough luster for AU. Nice coin.
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Looks like you got ripped. I don't know the current exchange rate but about $75 for less than $1 face in coins that have been gold plated and...
I agree.
What is an "MS Proof"? A coin is either a Business Strike (which is what a Mint State - MS - coin is) or Proof. It cannot be both MS and Proof.
Bowties are not common but I would think a struck bowtie is very rare. I wonder how it made it past the riddler.
Post-Mint damage.
Last October a routine audit indicated that 17,514 ounces of gold (and a lesser amount of silver) was unaccounted for at the Royal Canadian Mint...
I agree with Mark on both points.
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