I think you are being generous. I think the percentage is significantly higher.
The edge is applied before the coin is struck so that would not create a "rim". Now on circulated coins, especially lower grade, the denticals...
I don't think that's a tool mark, it's a die crack. It shows heavy between stars 12 & 13, becomes weaker as it approaches the center of the die...
If you take the extreme view,p;hujyxz9iaaaaaaaaaaa8][iozk09999999999999999 Sorry about that, had to go wait on a customer and my cat decided to...
Can't see it but from the description I suspect a cent in a magnetic alloy bezel.
Can you go back to the seller and get refunded? Even assuming he sold it unawares, he still can not pass good title if it isn't as described....
I think the coin is probably real, but I don't think it's a proof, just a PL coin. This is a very early NTC slab.
Yes they will know unless you own a heavy industrial sewing machine because the bags are sewn closed
Yep, very bad copy of the Washington Eagle with stars piece. It's on page 77 of my 2006 Redbook.
I'll say it's a weird Liberty cap, for starters THERE"S NO CAP! There's no doubt this is a fake, but for those of you who condemned it because...
It's a post mint unplating job. Or a genuine non-plated one that has been corroded so that it can no longer be recognized as a genuine non-plated...
The counterfeit slabs tend to have fake coins that match the label and the serial numbers are from genuine slabs whose information matches the...
First I've heard of that.
That doesn't mean anything. Most of the fake slabs have had serial numbers that verify.
You and I must go to different shows. At the ones I attend it's the other way round, 10% of the dealers use the 1 1/2 X 1 1/2 holders.
Sorry I thought this was the part you were referring to And in that he is right. The damage in the fields of the obv and rev of the coin in the...
Now that is one sorry pair of worn out dies. Not an error just a case of die deterioration doubling on both sides of the coin. Dies ar worn out...
And another three and a half year old thread is resurrected.
Well you do kind of have to use the insert, or else you have a coin in a flip with no identification. If you really want to put them in the vinyl...
Amen to all of that. Uh Bill, even though I was banned from PCGS you're not talking about me right? :D
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