The Marine commem MS70 is selling for $80 on Heritage. The ASE's are maybe $20 each. As for the Pres dollars by ANACS, the way ANACS grades now I...
No, it really isn't cheap. You can buy Frankies like that all day long for $10.
No, they aren't. But many believe they are.
You can't add the cost of grading to a coin's purchase price. MS69 ASE's routiney sell for around $20 each - it cost that mcuh just for the...
In my opinion, it is way over-priced. I wouldn't spend $100 for it.
Howdy sublime - Welcome to the Forum !! Overall the coin is pretty clean, has a nasty hit on the ear though. It could be your pics but I would...
Cleaned - no. But it has a nasty scratch on the reverse that would probably keep it out of any slab. You can find better for the same money.
In that case I would say count your blessings. The coin looks to me to have been harshly cleaned and over-dipped - thus over-priced.
It is in my opinion. Yes, the coin I pictured is a Proof. And I can very clearly recall seeing for the first time what was described to me as...
It is in fact at many times impossible. There are many cases where even the foremost experts in the field will tell you flat out that they cannot...
And that coin posted by Lehigh is one that is very close to doing the same. Once toning turns black, as on the bottom edge of that coin -...
The market for toned coins has always existed. But there have certainly been times when colorfully toned coins have been more popular, meaning...
It just depends on the look you want. Sometimes with gold black looks better, at least IMO. But black and silver or copper coins just doesn't work...
Acetone, MS70, even distilled water - they are all cleaning. But none of them will remove metal from the coin like a commercial coin dip does....
In this case I would say no, what you call the toned example would never grade as high as the untoned example. But that's because based on the...
NGC and PCGS are both pretty good with cameo and deep cameo designations, so if you buy a slabbed coin you can almost always trust them in that...
Those are not black beauties though - this is a black beauty.
I'm no expert either, but both the 3 & 4 are either doubled or it's an RPD.
How do figure they are error coins ? There is no error involved, they are just coins that happen to tone that way.
Yes the TPGs often apply it to circulated coins as well - eye appeal is eye appeal regardless of the coin.
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