It looks artificially toned to me, but it may have been accidentally exposed to something like bleach, which the coin doctors have been known to...
Believe it or not, the mint did look for a way to issue the 1943 steel cent as a Proof. The project was scrapped when it became clear that the...
Here's my Galba. [ATTACH] Denarius of Galba, Obverse, IMP SER GALBA CAESAR AVG P M, “Emperor Servius Galba, Caesar Augustus, Pontifex Maximus”...
Sorry, but I can't fathom the color of the reverse. It's unlike any other steel cent I have seen. It's a odd grey that "does not compute." Here...
I believe that it has been cleaned so don't expect a straight grade. As for sharpness, I would say AU. I will pass this warning along. There was...
Here is an NGC certified one. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] And here is a Matte Proof I handled many years ago. I don't have a picture of the edge, but it...
I like the old stuff. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Here is a Proof 1937 half dollar. If it looks like this, it's a Proof. [ATTACH]
Sell!!! The last I knew, PCGS modern coins was where the action is. NGC was a poor second. As someone else said, all you need is one MS-69...
If your 1937 Nickel looks like this, it's a Proof. It looks like a Proof from the photo. [ATTACH] Your coins are in a Capital Plastics Proof...
I would get it certified. It will make it easier for your heirs to sell it, and it will provide more protection for it. I have the album of the...
I will take myself out of contest quickly, but here’s my grade. AU sharpness, no CAC because I don’t think that CAC stickers details coins. The...
The toning on that coin has gone too far. The surfaces under the black toning are probably dull with no mirrored reflectivity.
The 1883 is NGC graded PR-64.
I received the 2023-S Morgan I ordered today. Given the delays some have said they have had, I was pleasantly surprised. [ATTACH] And it so...
The date is on the master tool that is used to make the die that strikes the coins. There were different dates on the master tools that were used...
Cousins to the doubled die coins are the 1942 over 1 P and D dimes. During die sinking process, the first hub strikes on the working dies were...
A hub looks like the finished coin. It is used to sink the design features into the working die, which is to strike coins. It takes three...
MS-63 slab grade. This is a tough coin. It beats the devil out of mine which is graded AU-58.
“In God we trust,” was also not above the eagle in 1847.
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