I think it might be because they raised the relief of the portrait in 1970 - it was lowered again in 1974. One way to check would be to compare...
I wouldn't risk it based on those pics.
If it were me I wouldn't use a museum as an example of how to store your coins. If anything museums should be examples of everything you don't...
Hardly, I could tell far more lies with pictures, and more convincing ones at that, than I ever could with words ;) Don't always trust pictures...
Just because something isn't easy to find in New Zealand Aidan doesn't mean it isn't east to find someplace else. The thing that really makes...
Fine - both opinions have been voiced, now leave it at that. For whatever it is worth, the US govt. is currently working on a case to prosecute...
Honestly, ask 100 coin dealers and other numismatic pros and you'll get 2 different answers - yes & no. But that's because you're not really...
Frank is Treashunt. As for the coin being polished, I think the large pics distort the condition in that regard. Yes I see what...
According to Krause none of the denominations is worth more than $20 in XF - there are no values for unc. Personally I do not think this coin is...
Oh well this is a complicated matter, this must be graded differently than any other coin - graded in a very special way. This one has to be...
Yes it is.
There is absoluyely no difference in the amount of gold each coin contains - they both have exactly 1 ounce of pure gold. Yes they are each made...
grizz - one of the problems you are going to have is that even if you get all of the dust off the mylar beofre you put the coin inside and seal...
Both NGC & PCGS boxes are made of hard molded plastic and the top fits down over the top 1/2 inch or so of the bottom section.. ICG boxes are made...
OK I gotta ask why and why ?
Based on your description it sounds like die chips and they do not add value.
Well I guess that depends on how you define "mild cleaning". Whatever you call it, if you rub the surface of the coin with anything, you can tell...
I'd go along with ya Frank except for the color variation on the high points - I have to say AU on this one.
Congrats Jerome :thumb:
Well, then ya better tell that around here I don't know of any. Then you can tell that I said you are as close as they come ;)
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