It would be a good one to keep for liars poker.
Whatever they are doing they are getting a premium for their "raw" auction coins. I've been lookin at the final prices for so called red gem...
Pretty soon people will pay premiums for radar numbers on slabs like they do with paper currency:-)
My guess would have been AU58 but the comments about toning are interesting. It seems like getting a clean grade on a toned coin is a crap shoot....
I I'm sure that if you applied the same special lighting effects on the red one it would show some nice hues as well. Both coins are nice and...
I lean towards red but only if it is a well struck example. I'll take a brown 64 over a brown 66 if the eye appeal is similar or better. It will...
I wish someone would give me $69 :-)
I just noticed a lot of them being listed in SilverCity Auctions recently. From first glance, I had a question about original color on a number...
Is it me or does NGC get carried away with details designations?
You just gave koolaid a bad name:-)
At some point in time you won't see many raw submissions of certain rarer dates or high end older coins since most will have been sent in and...
All of the NTC slabbed coins were bought with the assumption that I will crack them out and add to sets in Dansco albums. The exception was an...
Considering the date and that it looks MS65, possibly MS66, it wold be a waste of money to get it slabbed since you can buy a comparable slabbed...
I've bought several coins in NTC holders and bid with the assumption they would grade two points lower if they were in PCGS or NGC holders. A...
I like original looking coins but the fact is, older coins usually have some sort of toning due to the environment they were in or have been...
Yours was the one I was mentioning; absolutely spectacular!
On a different thread someone posted his set of matte proof early Lincoln cents and each had unbelievable light toning of differing colors....
I did routinely from one seller. I had to chuckle because the coin he sent each time could be found in common change. The 2x2 cardboard holder...
Isn't this a reflection of the world economy? The United States is not as big of a player as it used to be while numerous other countries...
April fools!!
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