I would agree with most others that the coin looks to be a cast fake. BUt the most knowledgeable person I know of regarding these coins is Bob...
Yes I know the book, own a copy. However it is entirely worthless. It contains no grading standards whatsoever. It talks, briefly, about NGC...
It is and it does, according to ANA standards. According the PCGS standards the rims can be flat.
Try this link - should be able to find one there. http://www.money.org/ana_custom/dealer_search/dealer_search.cfm
I could tell you where there's one a few blocks from my home. But unless you live here that won't do you any good. We need to know a town to...
This is a case of PCGS raising the assigned grade because of the rarity and value of the coin. In other words, the coin actually does grade AG or...
I dunno Johnny. The rim is formed by an outer flat edge around the die. I can think of no way that could happen. Just my opinion.
Sorry Dru, but they will.
The relief is how the design stands up above the surface of the fields. Today, the relief is very low and below the rims of the coins. In days...
Look at the denticles on the bottom of the reverse as compared all the others - they are at least twice as long, or more. I'm looking thru all...
If it is, we are both imagining the same thing. I want to know how those denticles got so long.
Never liked it - at all ! It has always been my opinion that trying to grade a coin by looking at a picture of another is a waste of time. There...
If there is such a source I've never heard of it - doesn't mean there isn't one though. I would think about the only place you could get that info...
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