Looks VF, but futzed with. Also scratched on the reverse. O-110, so it seems. Great entry into this series. Be patient and you'll learn which...
Are you sure they're not just stains?
When you flip the fake coin (as in striking it with your thumbnail when doing a coin toss), does it make a ringing sound (silver/bronze/brass) or...
Bought and sold two. Made a few bucks. Not looking back.
The first "at a glance" look was a red flag for me, but being able to do that takes some time to develop. When I looked more closely, I noticed...
I also don't think the dollar is real.
He meant thick, I assume. 3.3 grams is just outside the normal tolerance of 3.11 +/- .12 grams, and if your scale isn't calibrated to give you...
Just like there are gray areas between each grade, there are gray areas between problem-free and problem coins, and this gray area has lots of...
It has been wiped. There are hairlines in the coin, and I don't see much die polishing. They are easiest to see on the high points of the dress...
Toning contributes to (or detracts from) eye appeal. While eye appeal is in a gray area as far as it being a technical grading aspect, it...
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Whichever one it is, I'll get pictures good enough to be of help.
I'll say 62. If I'm wrong, then I guess I needed other photos.
Go for it!
Yes, that's me. Thanks for the nice words, everyone. Slabbed coins get a label on the back, raw coins go in their own PCGS-form factor holder....
There are plenty of instances in which it is a good idea, plenty in which it is a bad idea, and plenty in which it matters not. It really depends...
Surfaces look really clean, but hard to read through the toning. I'm on the fence between 64 and 65, so I'll say 65.
It's a negative for me. It will probably grade 63, and will sell as a generic 85-CC in 63, then you can find a nicer one.
Maybe he's out of town. It'll get returned to you if he doesn't pick it up by the 20th. If you ate the outbound shipping, you probably won't be...
That's the mass of the old cents. The Zincolns are 2.5 g. Fortunately, you switched around your alloy accidentally to be close to the old cents...
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