This is a nice coin with good surfaces but I thought the obverse luster was lacking for an MS67 grade. The steps bear the common bridging from...
This coin is much prettier than the photo suggests but the toning is that iridescent patina that simply hides from your camera. The coin is...
It is rare that you can give your opinion in your own guess the grade thread, but since I sent these in raw, I will now provide my opinion of the...
It is a die crack, one of have seen many times on 45-D Jeffs.
I got side tracked, the 5th is up.
This will be the last of five guess the grades from my recent submission to NGC. Please view the photos below and vote in the attached poll. For...
This will be the fourth of five guess the grades from my recent submission to NGC. Please view the photos below and vote in the attached poll. For...
I meant in the course of the discussion, obviously NGC isn't going to assign a split grade, but they could net grade the coin.
This will be the third of five guess the grades from my recent submission to NGC. Please view the photos below and vote in the attached poll. For...
I'm surprised nobody has wanted to give this coin a split grade yet.
This will be the second of five guess the grades from my recent submission to NGC. Please view the photos below and vote in the attached poll....
This will be the first of five guess the grades from my recent submission to NGC. Please view the photos below and vote in the attached poll....
While I enjoyed the read, this is the only excerpt that is really necessary to prove your point. It is my sincere hope that Doug does not claim...
AU 58
Not sure what you are looking at, but that middle band is not split. The only thing we can say is that we are judging the coin based on a photo....
Your question is really hard to answer because it lacks specifics. Can modern toned mint set coins be worth a hefty premium? Sure they can, if...
No, and based on that photo, it doesn't appear to be close.
Stop saying that, it is not true!
That isn't true at all. You are very experienced and are often times correct. Then there are times when you get hung up on terminology (die...
And therein lies the real problem. We had this same argument about the semantics related to die polishing on this forum 4 years ago. And while...
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