Getting on the phone sounds like the right thing to do. Worst case scenario, if you can't get it resolved with them, you can wait for whatever...
I can't tell. There's clearly something going on with that mint mark. It could be plating bubbles, a couple of die chips that coincidentally...
I'm wondering if their slabs are typically low end coins.
Too hard to tell, since the pics don't really give a good indication of luster. My first thought was that both looked weakly struck, with not a...
That's what it looks like, alright!
Well, I couldn't find a listing for any D/S at Variety Vista. So, what I'd do is try to get it under a stereo microscope and examine it further...
I think I know which seller this second one is, too! Red Background Guy, as I'll call him, seems to have a lot of "BU" coins that look cleaned. I...
I have a couple. Curiously, I bought them at the same show. One is a 1960 proof, that I think would go at least 67 DCAM. Problem is, if I send...
Although their feedback doesn't reflect it, this seller has a reputation for selling cleaned coins. I also don't like that this listing says...
I was going to write exactly the same thing as @jpcienkus, but he already did it for me. That last one, even though there are pictures showing...
I bet the truth lies in the space between where all the arguing is happening. I believe there are those out there who can apply toning to coins...
Sorry, that was a typo (now corrected in my post). I meant 1995-W. It had a mintage of just over 30,000 and was only sold as part of the 10th...
Specifically for the MS pieces, I don't think these are terribly collectible. None have mintages less than 3.3 million up through 2013, and many...
I don't think I'd even try to remove a spot that small, even if it weren't slabbed.
Nice! One of my goals for my numismatic library is to obtain the catalogs for the sales of some of the big collections: Eliasberg, Garrett, Bass,...
This is an interesting point I'd never considered before. Coins are way easier to counterfeit than notes. It's comparatively easy for anyone...
As far as I know, carbon spots just factor into eye appeal, thus into the overall grade, unless, as you say, the coin is covered with black stuff.
Good point. Basically, I mean affordable relative to US coins. Consider the 1895 Morgan proof, mintage 880. This is a $40K+ coin in PF63. Or,...
I bet it would be hard to get that $700+ price out of it without correct attribution on the holder. Yeah, I'm sure removing silver from all the...
I agree with what @Wheatmaster101 says. I prefer a coin without carbon spots over one with them, but I don't think a spot or two, particularly...
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