That is exactly why I said bead blasting. If done properly, it will not affect the weight. All acid treatments will affect the weight....
Sorry, I am too dense tonight
We used to bead blast a lot of stainless where I worked. We did not do much copper. Copper was too easy to blow a hole in so we just replaced...
I vote for the bead/sand blasted. Never looked that close for copper, but that is what it does on stainless.
Someday someone is going to buy one of these where the grandfather did exist and the seller really does not know what he has
It looks jsut like this one to me. BTW, this one was XF-40 from Heritage (PCGS). I hope, think, I am correct. Congratulations!!
Real Simple, when you are 6/7 years old and trying to collect out of circulation, even quarters get expensive - at least for me back in the 50's....
Were the coin not pitted, it would be called very fine and sell for an equivalent price (roughly $150). However, since yours is badly pitted, it...
I would have to GUESS VF details, badly pitted, net good
Maybe stainless should look up the feats of Al Oerter. He is the only 4 time olympic champion ever in any event.
My worst deal was not believing tdec about wmsjewelery. I won 1924 S LINCOLN WHEAT CENT *NICE BU RB * HIGH GRADE. It was described as "This 1924...
All I can say is that I wish all my 65's looked that good and, probably, a few of my 66's.
Since you got it in circulation, the chances are 99.9999% that it is not proof. They use special dies to make those and they are usually a better...
Meaning "i got 7 grades right" or "I only sent in 8 coins"?
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I have no idea who you are buying from, but I have probably won over 1000 on eBay. I have never had a raw coin taped to anything. A couple time...
Define "worth paying". Is it going to sell for over melt - YES. Is it going to be a valuable coin in the future - PROBABLY NOT. Is is its silver...
The luster appears broken on the high points on the hair, wings and bands on the fasces.
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