I guess to leave scars marks like this, it would have to have a corrosive in contact with the coin like a rubber band. Other black spots that...
I agree. These bands (on the 02-O VAM 26 page) come from the die being slowly abraded while in service and are smooth and shiny.
Hard to tell from blurry pictures. 65PL wouldn't surprise me.
The marks clearly go in one direction. I would use the word "parallel" to describe the relationship of the medial axes of the different blobs,...
The prime focal areas on the obverse aren't well-lit. Both 64 and 65 are plausible from the picture. OGH does not mean conservatively graded....
I'd have GTGed 64 or 65 on the coin posted by the OP, but if buying a 65, I'd keep looking, as this one seems to be in a "coffin." They aren't...
No. Only ANACS (and ICG, if you count them as major). My service, Variety Slabbing Service, which doesn't do grading, will also attribute them all.
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Usually, if nobody's looking for it, it won't be noticed. Remember also that for most uncirculated Morgans, they weren't "in the wild" until the...
Damage. Trauma can move design elements around a little, and wear can make it look like it was supposed to be that way.
They took the 7 off the hub in 1880, leaving a 18 that would be overpunched with a 4-digit date. Many 1880 dies were prepared by filling the 79...
The depth of the punched date, you mean? For 1880-83, there usually is a difference between the 18 and 8x. It's the most pronounced in 1880....
It's not strong, just a pale red swath through the hair if you follow the forehead hairline through the side of the head. Evaluating toned coins...
Picked up a nice toned 83-CC last week. PCGS 66. [IMG]
It seems natural. I put down that it was market acceptable. I really can't put my finger on proof of how natural it was or wasn't. If I were...
No, because there are no official mintage figures for specific VAMs. There aren't even official mintage figures for the various different major...
Alas, those aren't US coins. They'd be worth a ton more if they were, with a mintage of 200.
1913 Proof 1c -- 2,983 [IMG] If you aren't considering proof vs. business strike, then it's a 1938-D Arkansas 50c -- 3,155 [IMG]
The O is normal. I would look at the 82 if I wanted to attribute it.
I've never seen any coin graded below 60 designated as RD or RB. This would make the BN designation on circulated copper superfluous, even if...
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