Simple answer - random chance. There can be literally hundreds if not thousands of variables involved in how a given coin tones. Any one of those...
The reason could be due to anything, but the best way to get an accurate answer to your question is to just call NGC and ask them.
Conder - any estimate on when the 2nd edition will be available ?
Hard to say based on your pics but I'm inclined to say AU.
Looks that way to me.
No, I no longer own any coins at all.
Those charts are pretty much meaningless. In years past I have seen ICG have the highest rating, seen ANACS have the highest rating (of course...
I might just be the pics but I would guess it's been polished.
Terrible eye appeal in my opinion. The splotchy toning of the obverse and the ghosting on the reverse take away any better qualities that coin may...
I spent pretty much my whole life doing exactly that. But then I was never really a set collector, at least not in the way that most people are....
Personally I wouldn't bother. I don't think you'd have much chance of getting either of those in a regular slab.
Hard to say based on the pics but the '16 is iffy for MS in my opinion, and it is not FB. The '17 looks to be probably AU, but would have a...
Here's the original thread - http://www.cointalk.com/t108669-4/ - my opinion hasn't changed.
It doesn't look like solder to me, just looks like some kind of damage.
Nah, my eyes are terrible compared to what they used to be. Before I turned 40 I could tell if a mosquito was male or female at 50 paces. Now, I'm...
That quarter is a good example of a very bad whizzing that even a novice should be able to see. But it shows many of the diagnostics.
Pretty much any book on the subject will tell you that the best light source to use for examining or grading coins is incandescent light - and...
Hmmmmm, interesting. I've never seen one like that before. The bulge, in front of the chin, is that from a die clash ? I can't think of anything...
Well, that's kind of the problem. People tend to have their own personal definitions or understandings for things, but those personal definitions...
I agree with the AU grades. But you'll be hard pressed to find a coin that looks like that in an AU slab.
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