63 I'd say. As for the FBL, that depends on who's standards you use. PCGS might say yes on a good day, NGC never would.
You know it's grease filled because with the method of die manufacture today - there are no dies with missing mint marks.
For an O mint coin that has a pretty good strike and it has few marks. If not for the light scrathes on the cheek that coin would go 65, but with...
I would say it is an error, but since very, very few collect these I doubt it has any value over and above the bullion content of the coin.
Errors yes, but typically rotated die errors have little if any value unless the degree of rotation is 35 degrees or more.
No. You can learn a lot about colonial coins and see examples here - Colonial Coins
Acetone will not remove verdigris. Biox will remove verdigris - Click Here To remove just plain dirt, soaking the coin in distilled water will...
Apparently :D Welcome back Byron ;)
The one time that coin should be cleaned is to prevent further damage from occurring to the coin. This coin seems a likely candidate. Not sure if...
Howdy sailof - Welcome to the Forum !! Not sure exactly what you are asking, are you asking about good books in general or just books about...
A penny from Great Britain.
Well, I can only assume this is what you mean - but the only 1876 Tarde dollar listed on PCGS as worth $5000 is the 1876-CC in MS 60. However, the...
You are correct, we do disagree. But I think for different reasons. You see, you are only thinking of your coins in your own terms and time frame....
Not so, you are confusing terminolgy. The grading companies have slabbed literally millions of dipped coins. The grading companies will even slab...
Hopefully you do realize that I could be entirely wrong about all of this :D
Well first of all the vast majority of these so called Cal gold tokens are nothing but modern reproductions. Secondly if they do contain any gold,...
It has been shown that ultrasonic cleaners can damage coins, sometimes severely.
What do you mean by so low ?
I would suspect it is a mixture of both with no way to tell which is more prevalent.
I was not saying that metal didn't come away from the die, it obviously did. But there is a difference between metal being worn away slowly by...
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