Annual Reports of the United States Mint Just what it says, a listing of the annual reports of the US Mint to Congress and the President for...
French Jetons & Medals While by no means a complete listing, the web site does provide pics of many beautiful examples in periods ranging from...
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This one's kinda tough based on the pics. In one pic it appears that there are breaks in the luster on the sails, if there are I would say AU58....
Following are the design changes and dates for same on the Kennedy half as taken from Mike Locke's site - 1964 Kennedy, silver Proof...
It means that coin is returned to you ungraded and unslabbed because it is considered to be ungradeable. The body bag comes from the small plastic...
Perhaps ANACS may label a coin as such, but I have never seen a slab with such a description on the slab.
Affect the grade - yes. Will it cause the coin to be body bagged - no. There are plenty of coins out there slabbed by both with fingerprints on them.
I think you've already answered one of your own questions Silver Striker. All they have to do is use the one day grading service with overnight...
No that's not what I mean - it could go either way. NGC or PCGS may well grade the coin or they may body bag it. They would see the same things I...
That's close, they just left out a couple of descriptive phrases. It should read - Obverse - VERY FINE - Right leg worn nearly flat in...
All posts involving political opinions, discussions and comments have been removed from this thread. If there are any more of them the thread will...
Let's just suppose for a moment that you were elected and that you did reinstate precious metals in coinage. Do you realize what would happen if...
To my way of thinking there are really on two reasons for having the coins graded. Either the owner just wants the coins graded and slabbed for...
Yes they stopped using silver and gold to mint coins because it was worth more than the face value. But they also saw what was coming in the near...
What do you plan to do with them - keep them or sell them ?
I suspect it is due to the pics more than anything else, but I think I can make out a faint outline of the S. Certainly wouldn't swear to it...
OK, let's try and be more specific. Exactly what coin is it - date, type of metal etc ? It makes a difference. Because other than steel ones,...
My opinion is that the luster is subdued on the entire coin. Yes it still has luster, just about any coin in XF or better has luster. But luster...
That's just it - you shouldn't use anything. The oxidizing you mention is most likely natural toning - it is what happens to coins when they are...
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