whatever you decide to do with it, that is a really neat coin, and a great find!
I see enough darkening of metal on the high spots, and on the reverse field, to believe that it is AU58. I will bet it graded out as MS62, though.
1889-cc, 'pretend' ANACS slab Another eBay item, 110284048584 ,coin appears to be in a Coin World Slab with ANACS insert and being presented as...
Good news!(that the scam auction was pulled) This sort of thing happens all to often on eBay.
Yeah, if they positioned the light differently you'd not see those beaucoup hairlines. Then you buy the thing, pay the shipping, cuss, buy the...
Steve, that looks like a really nice 1925. The pics don't do justice to the obverse, I'm sure, but the reverse looks like a cartwheeling stunner....
can you post item numbers for your auction and the alleged scam auction? I will post on the Coin Forgery eBay group.
Looking at Photograde 19th ed., it seems like a vf-20. It IS a very attractive coin.
LOL, I didn't even notice! I think it may have been dipped once or so, as the luster seems a tad thin, but it definitely isn't "dipped out."
I had decided that MS63 was as high as I could go on the 1928, but all the ones I saw had a distracting ding somewhere or other (which is why they...
A GREAT and instructive thread, budgood, your photos are first rate! What struck me about this example was the overall mushiness and the irregular...
I have heard from a large seller of Modern commems. that he uses an acetone rinse to remove 'milk spots' from his proofs, followed by rinsing in...
Sad but true. The mags depend on the big multipage sellers for ad revenue, and look the other way. Scratchus backus mutualis.
I found one at Heritage with similar die characteristics: http://coins.ha.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=28081&Lot_No=21194&src=pr After...
That is a nice cherry you picked indeed. I'm no Morganologist; but the fields look pristine and the tiniest mark on eagle's breast and maybe none...
Great coin! Perfect strike! I think that the grading services allow for luster breaks on the high points on these, so I'm pretty sure it's mint...
qtips, if used, must be ROLLED across the surface so that they pick up the dirt. If used to rub the dirt off, marks will result.
there were 6 obv. dies used, with the D mm individually punched into each one.Thus there is room for variation in the MM position. I don't see...
Well, it appears to be an inverted nipple. In which case, it needs a mammogram. Or, it is a cavity in the bust because it is(perhaps) a transfer...
Yes, that's true. The really good stuff has already gone to be slabbed, or to fill want lists. The dreck, if you will, is offered up as pq to the...
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