You're preaching to the choir. But I stand by my comment. If someone does anything, and I don't care what it is, intentionally because they know...
Yes, ANACS will do it. And from what I hear ICG may be doing it now. But according to ANA standards, NGC and PCGS standards, a damaged coin is...
Correct.
To a degree that's part of the reason. But the main reason is that with sets you are dealing with several coins - not 1 coin. With 1 coin you see...
Gonna getcha for that :kewl:
World coins are the dark side spock - get over it ;)
Howdy Steve - Welcome to the Forum !! Sorry to tell you this, but that coin is worth about $1. Even coins that are wayyyyyyyyy off center only...
spock the light bulbs do not stick out of the shade. I have used this method myself, for years - never even scorched a piece of paper let alone...
Half cent has F12 details but appears to have been damaged, thus it would be considered ungradeable. Large cent is a nice XF45 I'd say.
Wooden shelves are no good either, they put of acidic gas that can harm the coins. Get some metal or inert plastic shelves and get rid of the wood.
spock sometimes you amaze me :rolleyes: If you get a light like this - you tape a piece of printer paper to the shade - not the the light bulb....
Now think about that for a minute Mark, if the point of the star is higher than the field, how can a weak strike make the point longer or draw it...
Do you have any old flips in the safe, plastic binders or sheets that go in the binders, how about the safe itself - what are the shelves made of...
No, not all my life. Just the past 48 years ;)
spock the idea is to diffuse the light. You can do it by putting a milk jug over the light, taping a piece of paper over the light, placing a...
There is one part of learning to grade that will never change - you have to look at thousands and thousands and thousands of coins - in hand. The...
Left out the most important rule of all - know your seller.
Guy - let's back up a step here. First of all where exactly did you have the stored and what else was in the same space or container ?
Can't speak for anyone but me, but in my book intent has a lot to do with how you differentiate NT from AT.
How about different die and likely an earlier die state as well.
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