Have to agree - harshly cleaned.
No it's not a joke. And any here but the more recent members have known it for some time. I sold my last collection & quit collecting coins 4...
If you mean pre-federal or colonial - no. Bags were not used until much later. In colonial times, and for quite a while after the US came into...
The spots on that coin are minimal, but they are there. And no, it is not unusual at all. There are countless coins in slabs with verdigris on...
Just to make sure you understand what I meant by that let me expand a bit further. It's not that the TPG overrules or changes the grade that the...
Why ? The only thing that would ever do you any good in court would be a receipt from when you bought it. Having a picture of a coin is not...
Take your best guess. You have to submit coins under value tiers anyway, so that will roughly determine the amount for you. No worries on that...
Love the reverse ! Most Goetz stuff never rang any bells for me, but every now then there is one I like. Used to be guy on the PCGS World and...
There is only one way that is legit if I understand you correctly. And that is sending them off to either NGC or PCGS to be graded and slabbed....
If it were me, I'd prefer a ring. But I'm with you all the way on the sentiment :thumb:
Question for you Charmy. In reading the show reports in the coin mags I can almost predict what the reports will say based on who the author of...
Let's not forget that PCGS only requires the middle band for FB and on this coin it is borderline. And borderline doesn't quite cut it. But I...
Thanks Dick, but it belongs to someone else now as I no longer collect coins.
Duke, you're saying that the bottom of the letters on your coin look like this ? (see below) I really don't mean to question ya, but I sure as...
These will get ya started, but now probably isn't the right time to begin such a collection. They are likely to continue dropping in price....
If you lay the coin flat on the scanning bed they don't, I agree. But if you prop up one edge of the coin just a bit, say 1/4 inch - you can...
You cannot polish a die with wire brushes. Nor have I ever heard or read about wire brushes being used. Kind of curious as to where you did.
Kind of concerned that you report 2 different weights, but if it is 13.96 grams then I have reason to suspect it is not genuine. As said, if...
It's said $45 for that coin since at least 2007, and maybe earlier. In 2003 it was $33. Red Book pricing is worthless, always has been.
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