jef the color being the same as a $1 is a coincidence, nothing more. It is toning, that's all, and it is not uncommon - even from a bank roll.
If that paper is supposed to be black, try adjusting your white balance.
That wasn't caused by a grease filled die - that's a lamination.
Sounds like a broad strike - a coin struck out of the collar. Value might be a couple bucks.
Zane, perfect examples of what I was talking about. And if you compare the standards used by PCGS to the ANA standards it is rather easy to...
The idea has been proposed many, many times and has never managed to get through Congress.
When there is that much dirt and grime in the recesses and the rest of the coin has none - it has definitely been cleaned. Also the orangish color...
VF20 details, damage on the nose, cleaned.
Looks like normal toning to me.
I think I would ignore such auctions - you're buying a pig in a poke.
That should tell you that quite often the "buying public" on ebay doesn't have a clue about what they are doing.
NGC offers a slab that they advertise as airtight - they completely seal the two slab halves. Problem is, the plastic they and everbody else uses...
Precisely - I am not trying to argue at all. I am trying to understand. And more than that, I am tring to help others understand. Just imagine,...
Fair enough Mike, but don't you think that that is part of the problem with grading - that people tend to forget the standards and just voice...
I shall respectfully agree to disagree. They have no responsibility, legal or otherwise. They tell you right up front that they accept no...
Then as an educated guess I'd say the '63 is probably worth 3 times face and the others 2 times face.
That explains why we disagree then. ANA Standards for XF40 - obverse - Wear shows on the hair above the eye and ear, and lightly on the cap...
I don't think that you guys get it - it doesn't matter what ebay does, there is absolutely nothing that anybody, anywhere can do to protect people...
There are still a couple of things to consider here - to the best of my knowledge nobody has yet seen any of these fakes in hand. Looking at pics...
The person with the toned coins could have incorrectly assumed that it was the black ring that caused the toning, when in reality the toning was...
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