But they didn't always do that Mike, and that is not what market grading is, and it never was. What we should do is coin a new term, because it...
My opinion is that damage is anything that happens to a coin post strike, not post mint because damages happens at the mint as well, that is...
Both coins are damaged, according to PCGS. Here is the code PCGS uses - No Grade Description 90 Not Genuine 91 Artificial Color 92...
Well so far only 2 people have attempted to answer my question completely - raider and Lehigh. They are also correct for the most part. Everybody...
OK, now if you'll look at the areas I have circled in the 2nd pic you'll see what looks like little pimples all over the place. Those are from the...
But that is typically exactly where countermarks were placed. No idea where this one could have come from, but all of the Scottish thistle...
Not where I have books to look it up but the one on the right looks to be from the Netherlands. The other looks to be of middle eastern origins...
Now compare the way the coin you posted looks to problem free XF examples. Then me what YOU think.
OK - let me reword it then. If damaged, it will not be placed in a problem free slab. That is a problem coin slab. PCGS Genuine slabs are problem...
But coins with that amount of wear have no luster - it is all long gone. All the cleaning does is make the coins look "clean", and because of that...
But anybody with an experienced eye will recognize it as a coin cleaned with a jeweler's cloth in about 2 seconds - literally 2 seconds. What...
Given that definition there would not be but a handful of coins graded and slabbed. I guess should have mentioned that when a coin is said to...
This subject comes up a lot, just came up again today in that thread about the '32-S Washington. So let's hear your thoughts on it - what...
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