Sorry. The surfaces are not original. It's too smooth for a coin with this much wear. We should be seeing many more tiny hits in the fields and on...
I fly out tomorrow. For security reasons, I'll be in cognito this year. I bought a black hat and dark glasses. Look for an old guy with Doug on...
50
Soak it in water for a day or so. See what falls off.
The images are too dark to grade the coin.
I'm at 45 or 50. Nice coin.
It's easy. Dan Carr takes a US coin, makes a die with a date that was never made by the US mint and overstrikes a real coin. If you wish to tick...
I thought the first coin was a fake and the TPG gave it a straight grade. I called it a 40 if real. Thought that was what you were asking for....
No.
I don't have a clue what this thread is about.
XF-40
Fun token. I don't feel there is much more you can do for it.
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I didn't know that Hugh Wood can get you discounts on safes. They do on the price of the insurance. I would not put a 500# safe on a second...
cleaned
Can you post images of the coins you would like to clean?
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ICG uses a different standard. The graders there follow that standard. I would guess the coin was overdipped trying to remove the staining. The...
No need for gloves. They cause people to drop coins. I did use cotton gloves when I was searching new $50 bags of Lincoln cents.
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