In technical grading no it won't. It will lower value but not grade. if you are doing market or net grading then yes it can result in a lower...
I don't think it is a missing clad layer but a weighing should be conclusive. If it is missing a layer you should get a weight somewhere close to...
Lousy picture but i would say fake as well.
Which is why coins are so much cheaper now than thirty years ago when the BP was 0% :)
If you haven't cracked out the second one DON"T!! I want it. I've never heard of this "grading service" and I don't have one of their slabs. PM...
Barron's needs to look at Russia which was using a decimal system in the early 1700's before Jefferson was even born. The ruble was 100 kopecks...
It's amazing what the mind can "see" in random noise.
The 73 cent and the 82 cent are slight misaligned dies. The 1973 shows some rim finning. The quarter is the result of a collar clash. At one...
Two coins stuck together in an acidic environment. The exposed left side of the coin is eaten partially away becoming lower and less well defined...
Intentional scratches yes, in the die No. These scratches were done to the coin itself.
This is a misaligned die. It is not a partial collar, that is something totally different.
An attribution is an identification as in identifying a particular type or variety. Typically an attribution is objective and verifiable. A...
They may or may not reholder it because it was not a PCGS product, it was a Collectors Universe product using PCGS shells.
And FB is a designation not an attribution.
For water soluble grime try distilled water. (soak and swish, do not rub) For oily grime Acetone or Xylene. (once again soak and swish no...
I show Treaty of Ghent as being signed December 24th 1814. I guess it really come down to when do you consider a war to be over. When the...
Really? Well I suppose there are a lot of Americans who don't know about that part of our history. But the Japanese internment camps are well...
Most I have spent on a coin is $1K, Most I have spent on a slab is $1400. Most I have spent on a coin book is $500.
The Mint information isn't wrong. They never said anything about being delivered, they just said sold.
And what he did was put down an indian uprising. The thing he is best known for, The battle of New Orleans, took place after the war was already...
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