There is a good bit more involved in the cost of making a cent than just the metal.
Does not look Proof to me, the fields are not mirrored. I think it is a nice business strike.
Sounds like a scam to me - probably fake coins with little or no silver.
Just run hot tap water over it for 30 secs to a minute - it'll open.
I gotta go with F15. You really shouldn't use the pics in the ANA guide to grade by - you should use the descriptions. VF20 obv - WE shows...
He is a lawyer and the author of A Legal Guide to the Buying & Selling of Art & Collectibles. He writes a column in Coin World every week. And is...
A lot of people think that, unfortunately it's not true. There have been several articles written and discussed in Coin World by Armen Vartian on...
Nobody says you do clembo. It's just in how you go about doing it.
Yes it would, or the Auction forum as well. I'm not trying to be a stick in the mud here. I support your ideas about educating people. But you...
Well, they aren't carbon spots per se - they are copper spots. Some may say semantics, but I don't. Carbon spots typically appear on copper...
The rules are quite clear, and you are correct. That being said, I have had a few complaints about this already - that it borders on the line of...
Hardly, there are a great many coins that old and more that have excellent luster. I will grant you that the majority of them do not, but that is...
It wouldn't surprise one bit for the TPG's to grade that coin as AU. Myself, I'd say XF45. But then I use ANA standards, the TPG's don't. If...
In truth collectors and coin dealers work on far more coins than NCS could even think about working on. And the only ones that are a problem at...
That's exactly why 80% or more of all unslabbed coins are considered to be problem coins.
If nothing else that will show you that just about any color is possible with totally natural toning. Of course now somebody will say it's AT.
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Well not quite rlm, but I will admit that I usually only mention it when I think it was harsh cleaning. But on this coin, I see the same things...
Yes it can. But that appears to be more the result of some liquid IMO.
When you buy them yes, when you sell them no. If you want full value the only way to get it is to see them to a private individual who is willing...
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