Well let me put it this way. Say there is a coin that regularly sells for $2k in a given grade. Now put one of the same up for sale, but this time...
Normally I would have very little if ever anything negative to say about a coin you post. But in this case I feel like I need to make an...
As guessed by others I would call it a 65. But I have little doubt the TPGs would at least call it a 67. And the coin is cameo.
Paul - rather than having a positive effect, I was thinking more along the lines of it having a negative effect. It isn't semantics. It's...
Paul - if people knew how to tell the difference between the types of lines, or even knew that there was a difference, then the they would...
OK here ya go. The coin is raw, was purchased in 2005 in a private transaction.
Paul what you are suggesting is akin to just calling all types of coin errors - errors - instead of calling them what they are. You differentiate...
I dunno, there's too many widely varied things that haven't been used, or even made, in 50 to 100 years that are avidly collected by young and old...
Even if coins are no longer used in commerce the hobby will keep right on going just like it is now. Think about it - of all the coins collected...
I like it :thumb:
There are numerous things that can cause the color of the metal to change. In the end, it's pretty much meaningless. It's just a coin with a...
The mint established the same pricing rules to silver as they did to gold at the same time they did gold. They set up the platinum pricing...
For me it always has been a terminology discussion. In this case both things are a type of damage (for lack of a better word) to the die itself....
This thread is very close to being closed. Either get back on topic in an appropriate manner or it will be.
It's pretty simple, die polishing is just what it sounds like. The die is polished typically to remove clash marks or excessive flow lines. Die...
Yeah, I do. But the strike is quite poor, the toning is nothing special, and I was hoping there was a little hope for you ;) And by the way...
And if you read what it says right there Duke - "The letter from Leroy says, "Amazing die scratches in various directions above eagle's right foot...
Me either, but that's definitely what it is. I know they did stuff for the centennial, the bicentennial, and the tricentennial. But am not aware...
Chris, first of all understand something. My comments are in no way intended to even try and convince you of anything. My comments are to provide...
I'll guess $30.
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