You need better pics spock - can't really tell much based on those.
It is not silver - copper/nickel.
Sequentially struck coins - not uncommon, but you don't find them every day either.
That one I think you have somebody look at :thumb:
Die polishing marks.
Because it is circled with dirt and grime while on most of the rest of the coin it has been cleaned off.
Excellent point :thumb: But, don't think that just because a professional grader doesn't use high magnification when grading a coin that he...
What I said Bone was this - And this comment of yours - - that commnet, seems at least to me when read in context with the rest of your...
An interesting question, and one that has even more interesting answers. For example, most people believe that the owner of a coin tends to...
Bone for some reason it seems as if you think that I am defending the TPG's in some way. Nothing could be farther from the truth. All I am trying...
There are lots of web sites about counterfeits - you can find several of them - Right Here
Flip a coin - heads it will go up and tails it will go down. Of course you won't know until January.
Typically harsh cleaning would be defined as any time the surface of the coin is touched with anything during the cleaning process. Dipping...
Look at the double eagle closely, see the traces of black in some of the protected areas and around the stars - that is gunk that was not removed...
Very little, maybe 5% - 8%.
Here's a little better pic of the same coin ;) [IMG] There are 11 of the cents still unaccounted for. One has been slabbed by ICG, I know of...
Possibly a strike thru - can't see it well enough to say.
Bone you are reading something into that comment that isn't there. Now before I go any further, I want to make sure that you understand that I am...
VLDS stands for - Very Late Die Stage - in other words, struck with worn out dies.
No, get some shallow glass bowls. Put a 1/2 inch of the pure acetone in the bottom of one. Place the coin in it and let sit there for 30 minutes....
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