I completely missed the part where it was originally NGC, otherwise I would have totally gotten it... also wrong.
No I'm referring to the results of the two posts so far, zero changes in grade. I'm also 0 for 2 guessing.
MS65 to MS65. Since they've graded 285,266 coins for 1881-S, I'm just guessing that they're tough on them. That thing under OL is odd, looks like...
So you're 0 for 2.
The ones missing edge lettering entirely is an interesting story about nefarious activity at the mint. Unfortunately it's impossible to tell the...
65 before, 65+ after.
Yeah, you have to be careful, I catch myself thinking some Morgans are fake due to the same thing in the hair, but real ones have it too. I just...
It's a PCGS MS65, currently being auctioned on Heritage. Funny, it didn't take me long to find another one in Heritage archives from the same die...
None of that happened at the mint.
I was browsing Heritage Barber dimes and ran across this 1900-S. Excessive die polish probably related to the die crack through the bust, but I'd...
Pumice stone! The humanity...
I'll go extreme and say it was originally UNC Details - Questionable Color and is now MS64. Guesses don't cost anything except my stellar...
Maya is my top pick. I like the way Mankiller's outfit becomes a Southwestern landscape, but all the text across it ruins it.
One interesting tidbit is that collector interest in proof sets dropped so much that 1916 saw no proof Barber dimes or quarters minted.
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It's a bison, not a buffalo. Good enough?
I guess all those old damp banks tossed all their denominations into the same bag, and then puked in there.
Is there a No Steps designation? 65 or 66 to me.
The second one got 70 with that obvious gash across the chin?
The MM looks funky to me. There is a MM position to the left but it's rotated slightly counter-clockwise and if you draw a line through the left...
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