Perhaps one of the reasons that collectors have long considered coins as a good investment is because of what they see and read about on an almost...
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There are 5 different grades for VF from 15 to 35. That's quite a spread to explain the differences between the two coins.
That you will never get. I refuse to ever help anyone learn how to alter coins in any way.
There have been several hundred threads posted about toning already. All you have to do is look for them.
You can AT a coin and make it look natural by being very, very good at being a coin doctor. They tone naturally by being exposed to the air or...
The pictures look like scans and scans often do not pick up luster at all. Wait until you have the coin hand. I imagine it will look quite...
Pass on both, the first coin is damaged and neither of them is unc. They are worth at best $20 each.
I never said it was FDC, I said it was a hair under FDC. And FDC is not only applicable to Proofs and specimens. It is applied to business strike...
I'll bet you're sure disappointed a lot then.
The guy made more than one mistake - First of all he cracked the coin out of the original holder. There are two reasons people do this - 1...
Ardatirion gave you two of them.
I'd say VF on both.
If you were to word your comments a bit differently I would agree Hobo. But every Proof coin ever struck has luster, it just has a differt luster...
Post a pic if you can.
I would grade it XF45 - it matches the ANA description to a T. Would guess PCGS said XF45/AU50 - but no higher than that.
If I've said it once I've said it a thousand times - coins do not make good investments. Sorry, but they just don't. Interesting article...
Most dealers will not. They are considered bullion coins and only worth bullion, and they don't care if it's in a slab or not - or what the grade...
I'd have to say 63 too.
Nahhhh, I don't need to collect them to enjoy them.
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