The alloy that the mint chose to use to make the Sackys and the Pres dollars is the most reactive metal that has ever been used to make a US coin....
The minting process is over once the coin is ejected from the press. Anything that happens to the coin after that instant in time can be...
Looks like 2 scratches on the coin to me.
It does look to have been dipped, perhaps too much. But I'd guess they said it was scratched.
I feel sorry for the buyer :(
I should be surprised at the grade but I'm not. Gettin used to it I guess. I'm glad for ya Matt, that's a biggie !
My mistake, I misunderstood his/her comment.
You'd think so. But, if you took 3 pictures of the same coin, each time changing the angle and/or the lighting just a little bit, on each of those...
Red Tiger - As I have said several times now, it is accepted as fact by those with knowledge and experience that with some series PCGS does have...
Your pic is better but still not good enough for me. That area on the obv & close to the rim between 3 and 4 o'clock bothers me some and I'd have...
For many years PCGS told their graders not to assign the 70 grade to coins, even if the coin deserved the 70 grade. This falsely inflated the...
There's only 1 recent sale on Heritage in 62 ($2185). But there are several sales in 63 with all of them being right around $3000. In these grades...
Crop the pics down so you can just see a tiny portion of the background around the edges. That will help allow you to increase your picture size....
Well that's a big part of your problem right there. NGC doesn't have a price guide of their own, all they do is copy the Numismedia Price Guide....
A member asked me to post this for him. He wants to know if anyone can identify and provide a value estimate for the penny token. (the cent is...
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