If that coin comes back slabbed - ever - I will have lost all faith in NGC. It is extremely obvious that the coin has been harshly cleaned....
You tell 'em Jack ;) I gave up.
Then tell them the truth, because you cannot do what you claim above, unless the coin is gold. ONLY with gold is that possible.
I agree, post a pic of your coin showing the entire slab, as big as you can. I find it very suspicious for the on-line info not to match.
:eek: Oh now I really hate you ! That does it, I'm calling your wife :D
You're not missing anything, trusting Krause to be accurate is your mistake. If you want to know fairly accurate value estimates for world...
Doesn't matter, it is still post mint damage. Anything that happens to a coin from the moment it leaves the coin press is post mint.
The reality is that it's wear. I can tell that much from your pics. What a TPG would grade it - I cannot.
I'd say high XF, low AU depending on remaining luster. It appears to have some light textile toning, don't think that's any fingerprint. Another...
Well, this was before digital cameras even existed guys. And the gentleman in question now roams that great bourse in the sky. Among certain...
Because a damaged coin is considered ungradeable. And a scratch is considered to be damage. It's all a question of severity really, a matter of...
To be honest I can't recall when they started it. Should be easy enough to ask 'em over on the NGC forum though.
Ben may well be correct as to the source, but without question the coin has suffered post mint damage.
Not likely. Mike may have been correct in his estimate that the coin has seen circulation. But I think a light cleaning the more likely...
Fair warning, if this digresses into political comments, there may be infractions handed out.
It has nothing to do with being softer or harder. Cloth of any kind is abrasive, and it will mark the surface of a coin. The proof of this is...
Not all vinyl has PVC in it stainless. I am merely saying if coin flips or coin pages do smell like a new shower curtain - then you should not use...
The first non US coin that I collected was Pillar dollar in 1976, several of them in fact. Dates were in the 1730's. Dug 'em out myself from a...
I don't care how soft the cloth is or what it is made of - if you rub a coin with it, you will scratch or hairline the coin.
Links like that are always permitted Jack. The key is that it is a link. Where we run into problems is when people scan pages of a book and then...
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