Doing a quick google search, I see several of these listed for sale. There are a couple in much nicer condition listed for $50, so yours is...
Tradition, mostly. When Sheldon made the scale, he did not use every grade. There were jumps. He didn't use all the numbers in the UNC scale...
That seller is trouble, everyone knows that. However, the coin itself appears to be high AU and may even be UNC (of course, it probably has...
No bean on the dime. There are too many marks on the chin, and a scratch on the reverse near the wing. I think the surfaces have a lot of marks,...
White gold is the same as a bright white dipped silver coin, or pink copper, in my opinion. They've had their surfaces stripped, and I don't like...
CaptHenway is Tom Delorey. There are few people alive who know more about coins.
As typecoin mentioned, there's way too much going on with the obverse and absolutely nothing on the reverse. I say this one is faked.
Holy Mother of Venus. Did some poking around and the price he's asking for them is not just insane. It's practically criminal. $495 for a "Choice...
They are listed as a separate line on the census. Only 140 are listed - which probably implies the rest of them are in special holders labelled as...
Sad that this went to Rick Tomaska's TV show, but the item itself is pretty dang cool:...
I think the absolute highest priority of every collector should be to learn to grade for themselves. Any serious collector needs to be confident...
The problem is, the pictures aren't really good enough for us to give a valid opinion. The obverse especially is way underlit, and both sides are...
Seems like most of the Heritage published books are softcover. I have the Amato reference on the 1796-1797 half dollars. Absolutely amazing...
Yes, a cud appears as the die ages. It will start as a break, and then evolve to a cud. Usually, the appearance of a new crack, break, or cud will...
Signed slabs are so passe. Signed coins... that's cool! GG was a fantastic sculptor. Several of her pieces are on display at a local sculpture...
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That is an MS-63 that got a color bump to 64. As I understand it, colorful toning was not widely sought after in the 70's. So, you probably paid...
Alibaba?
Congrats on (almost) finishing the set! Even if they aren't the highest grade, assembling that set is still something impressive to be proud of.
64. Not FBL.
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