Then you stand at risk. For there is no way to tell if the coin is genuine or not until you have in your hands and then only if you consider...
The mint mark for this coin is located at approx 7 o'clock.
I'm familiar with that book - used to own a copy. But I traded it to another collector for a different publication because I did not find it to be...
Please see my response in the World & Ancients forum.
Howdy ILROB - Welcome to the Forum !! I moved your post over here to the World & Ancient Coin Forum ;) Does your coin look like this one ?...
OK - PCGS has a written and published grading guide - NGC has a written and published grading guide - the ANA has a written and published grading...
If you have a picture or can take a digital picture of your coin - just email the picture to me - gdjmsp@qwest.net - and I'll be glad to post for...
See where you have [ IMG ] before and [/IMG ] after your pic ? That shouldn't be there. You should just see the pic like this - [IMG]...
I have used fire safes for many, many years and never had a problem of any kind. I do use silica gel packs to keep the moisture down inside the...
Please - do not clean the coin ! Cleaning could cut the value in half or worse. Don't even touch the surface with your fingers. Don't try to wipe...
Easy way to tell - are the lines raised or incuse ? And just as a heads up - you are placing your image tags twice like this -...
So you've noticed that huh ? :rolleyes:
So have I - but I've seen a whole lot more of those who can't grade accurately. And if you ask them - they'll freely admit it. And suppose...
Now I rather thought the timing was exquisite :D We are in complete agreement ;)
I'll try a guess at MS65.
Ya know - I was gonna ask if you really wanted to get me going on this again :rolleyes: But then I thought - there may be an easy way ;)...
I don't think it really matters. Coin dealers are always on their way to the next show or back to their shop. And a lot of the dealers at shows...
Too much wear - VF 35
This is one of those times when it is tough to grade from pics. The Peace dollar is hard enough with the coin in hand. In this case a best guess...
I agree - an honest comparison of graded coins will undoubtably play a key part in the defense. And there have been court cases of overgraded...
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