I think it is MS but has been over-dipped.
The reason you don't see any of these coins slabbed by PCGS as PF70 is because PCGS has a poilcy against grading coins as PF or MS70. They do this...
Dutch - show us a pic of the whole coin in question. And if you can tell us the weight. It is possible the coin is a counterfeit, but if you...
We believed it was, never could prove it by the time I left though. I am pretty sure that someone found a provenance about 6 years later, 1982,...
Yes I have found coins underwater, found an entire Spanish Galleon as a matter of fact. But you won't find my name listed in any book or on any...
Glad you found that - I looked for 2 nights trying to find it. Was beginning to think I was losing my mind :rolling:
It's not an error at all - it's an over-date. It was done quite intentionaly.
How do you ever know that ? You don't rather obviously - unless you took the pictures. The coin exist - that much is a given. Whether it is...
Very nice Rick :thumb: You've come a long way with that collection in a short time. Keep up the good work.
They are not coins, they are just what they say they are struck in metal and placed into a cardboard sleeve and sold as a collectors item.
A bit too much wear for that to be EF, more like VF.
I rather thought I had learned a bit about grading them Jerome. Of course I am always ready, willing and able to learn more ;) Apparently we...
Enough guys - let it go before it gets out of hand.
I'd sing Hallelujah ! - if I could ;)
Look for The Reeded Edge ;)
Coin collecting has been around as long as coins have. The first book ever printed on coin collecting came out shortly after the Gutenberg Bible....
To be honest, you can't tell based on those pics. As was said, the coin does have hairlines and thta can be indicative of cleaning but it could...
Howdy Karl - my estimates of grade - 1858 cent - VF details, damaged by corrosion and harshly cleaned - net F 1604 6 pence - Poor 1903...
You are more than welcome Al ;)
Warning for dial-uppers - big pics. Used to be one of my favorites - obverse reverse Taken with a scanner by the way ;)
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