Yes, I see them. They are plainly evident when you expand the picture to its full size. But not all of those lines are scratches. Some are and...
Off the top of my head I'd say it's a fake.
The TPGs grade based on the worst side.
Yeah, some of them do. But retaining that legal tender status depends on the degree of alteration. Alter them to the point that they are no longer...
Once damaged it is always damaged. There is no fixing it.
That $750 number was for a specific coin. A 1924 Saint in MS63. For other coins that number changes, sometimes higher and sometimes lower.
Yes and no. I agree with yes because I have never heard of anybody else actually doing what you are doing. But I also agree with no, because in...
Most definitely !
ephyfe - you need to be more specific here about what coins, exactly, you are talking about. I made an assumption that you were talking about US...
My guess would be maybe $100, maybe less.
You would be better off to just leave the coins in their original plastic capsules. Remove them from the cardboard boxes and then use proper...
Really ? Then please tell me why it is that on your web page you warn people not to try and use you pieces as legal tender ? Now if you want to...
C'mon, use your common sense. You cannot repair a hole in a die. They can't even do it today, let alone in 1847.
Exactly how would you repair a broken die ? A cud is formed because a piece of the die is missing, there is a hole in the die. How do you fix that...
No Daniel it does not make any difference. It doesn't make any difference at all. And there is no legal tender issue, none. Because the pieces you...
Paul I have never said any such thing. What I have said is that 2002 was about the time that prices started going upward for toned coins and that...
Well not exactly rodeo. It's too dang easy to dip any coin and make it blast white. That's why there are so many untoned coins to begin with.
Every die is polished before it's ever used. Of course we're talking about modern coins, milled coins, machined coins, not hammered coins. But...
Some of them are, but not those on the obv.
Even if it was a great pic you still wouldn't be able to see much on a coin like that. You need to be able to tilt and turn coins in the light...
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