The coin has two big gouges on the reverse. Those marks are definitely post mint damage and would make the coin a no grade. The coin has been...
First you are basing your opinion on PCGS True View photos which are “glamor shots.” That makes the coin look the best that it can be. Even in...
EF-45, in the old days, EF-40.
@Steve Lupo, you have raised some interesting questions. I have been collecting U.S. gold since I was in high school in the 1960s. Today I have...
This coin may have looked better when NGC graded it. After a piece has been dipped, it looks good to certain sets of eyes and gets a high grade....
Wow! You have a piece of Milton, Delaware Civil War script! That's a rare item. That was my home town, and I was trilled when I found one.
[ATTACH] I was born and raised in Delaware, and for part of my collecting life I have tried to find tokens, medals and paper money that have a...
[ATTACH] This piece is listed in the Fuld Civil War Token book as a Chicago, Illinois item with the variety number IL 150-AS-1a. The obverse...
Adjustment marks might not effect the grade, BUT they can effect the market price and the ease of selling the piece. Adjustment marks that make...
I know that this is a minority view, but try to avoid catching “CAC fever.” It really does not make any sense unless you have high end, expensive...
Here is the highest grade Bust Dollar I have in my collection. It is a PCGS AU-58. The piece does have some luster under the heavy, original...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] You could post a few over time and get a sense of the grades. Unless you have not talent for grading at all, I would think...
The Standing Liberty Quarter is a beautiful coin in Mint State or AU, but in the circulated grades, I don’t find them attractive.
He’s off-base with that comment. Given the millions of Mint State Morgan Dollars that came from mint bags, it’s hard to believe that vast numbers...
It's been dipped at once already. The ugly toning you see is the result of a dip that was not properly rinsed and neutralized.
You could post some of your Morgan Dollars here, and ask for people to grade them. If you have a copy of one the recognized photographic grading...
The letters look at little "fat" to me. The overall look says genuine, but the details leave me wondering. Whatever it is, it has been cleaned,...
AU-50 holder, Old-time EF-45
When I see a dealer trying to sell a coin with True View images, the term “strike two!” goes off in my head. Those are “glamour shots” that are...
This is the point to so many collectors miss when they think so highly of "key date coins" with not much history attached to them. Those coins are...
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