Howdy Rounder1212 - Welcome to the Forum !! I do understand your problem - it is one that many collectors face when the time comes to sell...
Ebay live auctions serve one very good purpose - they announce that you should immediately go directly to the web site of the auction company...
Here ya go Gyreen ;) Click here
SFDukie struck the key - luster tells all when it comes to unc coins ;)
That's the problem with natural toning - you don't know what you'll get until it's already happened. How a coin will tone depends on so many...
You can use any photo program to resize the pics - sometimes they call it Compress instead of resize. You can even use Microsoft Paint to resize...
Well that's possible, but not likely. They come right from the mint that way - with dings and scratches ;)
Howdy deepcolor123 - Welcome to the Forum !! Can't say as I have heard of nickel/dime strikes - but I know cent/dime strikes exist. Please post...
Howdy memphis - Welcome to the Forum !! Hate to say this, but I donlt think that coin came from the mint that way. I think it was intentionally...
That I was :o It's what I get for not reading close enough [IMG] Thanks for straightening me out ;)
I kind of thought they were scans. As whoopig says - an in hand exam is exponentially better than judging pics. But I'll stick by my guesstimate...
Welcome to the Forum greenman !! Now don't be surprised if you turn some our other members green with envy after that comment :D
It's not so much the date - it's the grade. Cents from recent years in MS64 are extremely common. You can buy entire rolls of BU cents for just...
You may well be right whoopig - I can't say one way or the other. But there are naturally toned coins with fairly consistent toning on both sides....
Whether we like it or not miker - the professional coin graders use a practice called market grading. And while bag marks have forever, and likely...
I have seen coins toned that color - naturally toned. I have also seen dipped coins toned that color. So it's hard to say based on the pics. But...
I have met two black coin dealers in my life - one just this year. Now collectors - that's another matter. I have known of quite a few -...
You're right that gold won't tone - pure gold anyway. But very few coins are made of pure gold - most are about 90%. And that other 10% - well...
I think all he's saying Spider is that he doesn't like to give opinions on such things. Ya ever notice that I don't either ;)
That's correct lawdog ;) Now can anyone tell me when the practice of using reeded edges first started and where ? If they did it on...
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