I agree 100% with @Lehigh96. I would not personally buy this coin for my collection because of the fingerprint and the lack of color on the...
Carbon spots are purely an eye appeal factor. According to the PCGS Official Guide to Coin Grading and Counterfeit Detection, second edition, p....
You've misquoted me. See the below quote. I only called it a "low value" coin, which I stand behind. Here's a link of a PCGS MS65 1942-D...
No way. At minimum, the surfaces are too clean for a 63. Those carbon spots people are arguing about are the definition of "not distracting."...
Just out of curiosity, do you happen to have any links to auctions with very low value coins in holders like this? I'm curious as to what the...
You might get a small premium over the amount the coin itself would sell for simply because it is such an old holder, but I wouldn't be looking...
Well, if that's the case, don't forget the * grades, which gives 11 basic grades, 10 more + grades, 10 * grades, and 10 more +* grades, for a...
That's one outstanding nickel. What's the grade? (Or are you going to do a GTG?) I'll take a stab and say 66. :)
It's just a consequence of the way the alloy mixed in this particular cent. It's not considered an error and doesn't add any extra value to the...
60-70 is 11 steps. It used to be there were 3: MS60, MS63, and MS65.
I have a clad proof 1986 Statue of Liberty half that I'm keeping in OGP. I think it's fine. The Australian one looks fine, too, but I'm less...
I totally believe this. Still, 6 years is a bit excessive. It seems like the committee could come up with a candidate list of 3-5 metals, do...
I would more or less agree, provided you restrict the statement to mint state coins.
I wouldn't clean anything more valuable than Grandma's silver in ammonia.
Most Indian quarter eagle forgeries are made of gold. In fact, they're sometimes made of pure gold rather than the correct 90% gold/10% copper...
How can you tell they're Morgans? I can't see any hint of a design on them. :) And even if they are Morgans, what if they're 1921s? :P
I agree with BN on both. My guess is the bottom coin is undergraded. The top coin is a much harder call, but I'm guessing it's correctly graded.
I thought the same. Only the rims really give it away.
There's a little more to it than that, but not 6 years' worth. For instance, in addition to the raw materials being cheap, it needs to be...
What do we collect, then? Credit and debit cards? :(
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