Hi Steve, I'll give them a couple of more days to see if they refund the shipping. If not then I'll PM you, OK? Hopefully this will not be...
Well they originally offered 2$ but I felt I needed to insure it for the amount I paid, which added up to about 11$. They seemed amenable to this...
60% lead? wash hands after handling and keep sealed in something. NEVER let children handle it.
Nice coin and photos, Matt. Grade looks about right from the hairlines I can see.
Yeah Rusty, it was a bummer. Ticks me off that the forgers just randomly came up with a scarce variety when making their fakes. When I contacted...
edge reeding is hard to photograph but can be very helpful in evaluating raw coins. Here is a technique that makes it simple....
Oh, here is a link to a thread I posted on the PCGS forum about a simple technique to photograph the edge reeding on raw coins. Forgers rarely...
So I recently bought this raw 1875-s off eBay as it is a somewhat scarce die pairing that you don't see very often. Seller seemed established and...
My first thought was "the 9 in the date shouldn't look like a snail." The folks who thought this was real, or even had a better than 50% chance...
Me want.
50
Do you have an image with more light on the cheek? I'm having a hard time seeing what's going on there. thanks
Thanks will do!
I think 63, lighting tends to over emphasize nicks and scrapes and that coin seems to have very thick frost.
Exactly. Not worth a second glance.
Thanks for the replies. I will make everything clear in a future post. For now I really appreciate the help, my friends.
in grams, without the coin? thanks
Thanks for all the comments. Tamaracian, will you be notifying us when your coins are up for auction?
I'll guess 66 in the old holder, could be 67 now. Love the patina.
Here is the PCGS grade: [IMG] with minimal rub on the high points it's very tough to tell if this coin is MS or not from photos alone. I think...
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