I think you'll find there's quite a few of us ;)
It's not that it is excessive, it is damage. Damaged coins are not graded even by ANA grading standards.
The coin has MS details but would probably be body bagged because of the scratches.
Howdy Mooing Tricycle - Welcome to the Forum !! I must admit you have my curiosity aroused since the mint did not use hard plastic cases in...
My guess - die chips in both cases.
I mean that sometimes the devices on a die are polished - not just the fields. I do agree that die polish lines in the fields of a coin do stop at...
Both companies can do a decent job of grading, but IMO NGC is far more consistent at doing it.
If I had any to show you I happily would. How about a scan of a gold coin and another 8 reales ? The ducat pic does a pretty good job for a luster...
You are correct it is the same coin. However the pics are entirely different in this thread and as has been stated many times - pictures can be...
I understand your point but that's not always true.
They keep right on using them until the dies are retired for the usual reasons.
In many cases yes, but in this one it is quite unusual to find a sharply struck '21 Peace dollar. Nearly all of them were weakly struck and have...
Yes, some of those appear to be die polishing marks as well. The majority of them though I think would be attributed to die deterioration.
Don't get me wrong, I have a very nice Nikon myself. But one day I decided that there just had to be some way to get a scanner to take...
Last one sold on ebay was $125 - you can get them for less.
By looking at them - with experience you know what it looks like. And die polish marks are raised on a coin, coin polishing marks are incuse....
If the question is can I scan those and capture the luster - yes I can. I use the same technique I use to capture color with a scanner - all that...
Perhaps it is the pic, but I would say the coin would go AU at best.
They are die polishing marks. And yes, I have bought coins from them. Have even bid against them as a buyer - been a while though. Recently...
OK, credit is given for a valiant effort at trying to add in a bit about coins :rolleyes: But let's remember gang - this is a coin forum. Not a...
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