But how do we know this coin really isn't MS and never circulated, but took a beating in a bag ? The left foot, another high area, looks...
Not an expert on this coin and the series, but there is an upper limit to how high even a mis-graded coin can go. The higher you go, the more...
Jaelus, freakin' brilliant post. 10 thumbs up !! :D
Great illustration....I advise anybody still awake at this point in the thread :D to look at the rays of the sun on both coins....the leaves on...
You know....if we got a metallurgist to comment, I bet he can tell us how many microns of abrasion we are seeing when we see 'high point wear' and...
Eddie, don't forget that gold is much softer than other metals and will more easily show wear or bag marks and other uncirculated damage than...
But Eddie, don't MS grades already ALLOW for some wear as long as it's not circulation wear (however we define it)? If a coin could not have ANY...
This is another problem with LITERAL grading standards where even if you have the ANA and the TPGs who devised the standards pre-1986, I don't...
Granted, there were coin collectors back then in the 1920's and 1930's -- but not that many. Certainly, not collecting Saints ($20 was a TON of...
Done ! :D Bought the coin. Excited -- and sick -- at the same time. Like when you take an important test and think you did well...and dreaded...
Dealer says I can return the coin if not happy, so I am leaning to buying. Most expensive non-gold coin I've ever bought so a bit nervous about...
I'm new here, but yes, even I picked up on that. Good points, JPC. Yes, for sure. I think our efforts would be best served if we eliminated...
It's weird that it seems to protrude from around the eagles top torso, as if someone drew an outline. But I'll take your word that it's toning....
If something is 'fully original' wouldn't it be by definition be WAY WAY above average ??? :D Hairlines are smaller than bag marks I take it ?...
OK, so APMEX, MCM, Provident, etc....they're all probably Master Dealers...so they probably are the ones who make money no matter what on each ASE...
Originally I said MS-65, if I wanted to be Hardass Hank I would say MS-63.:D The only thing that concerns me -- and I'm not sure it's a grading...
That stuff you referenced is from the 7th Edition of the ANA standards, right ? I think I wish-listed it in Amazon the other day.
You can respond to negative feedback, so a few marks won't kill you.
That's a damn good point. 2-for-2 !! Good points...so they consider that gold and/or higher-content gold coins are softer than other metals and...
I am but my time is limited and it's never something I will be comfortable relying on solo.
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