Probably higher AU grade. Stand the coin up on a white piece of paper, look down on the coin, and see if you see a gray stripe from Liberty's...
Polished. The luster in the open parts of the field is gone, while it's still present in the protected area around the stars, letters, and...
Swab the 17-S and 18-S with some acetone. That might take a lot of the black gunk off of them.
This is one of those "AU62" coins. I don't see wear or bad hits, but at first glance it looks AU.
You need to have 2-4 inches into the coin itself on the entire field of both sides for PL, and I'm not sure you have that on the reverse. At any...
First Strike™ and Early Release™ are designations of PCGS and NGC, respectively that have absolutely nothing to do with which coins were struck...
Not a terribly old holder. Solid blue tag sometime after the "series/coin#" tags.
wut? PCGS Pop Report: 81-S PL: 9091, DMPL 1067 83-O PL: 2454, DMPL 1644 86-P PL: 917, DMPL 838 21-D PL: 36, DMPL 1
I'll use Heritage prices realized and the Greysheet. Bluesheet is mostly sight-unseen pricing, so I don't tend to look at that, as I buy coins...
I like the reverse of A, but I'm not crazy about either obverse.
Perhaps PL.
Heritage has top notch IT infrastructure. So much so, in fact, that posting to a coin forum wondering about your shipment triggers printing of...
I use two gooseneck lamps with CFLs also. I probably paid $20 for the pair at Menards several years ago.
It's 1921 all over again! Which one is the normal collar?
The scratch resistant holders are hard to polish if they get scratched, but then all NGC holders are hard to get looking nice if they get scuffy....
I don't have the coin in hand, but between IB is probably die polishing lines or coloration. There are a few marks on ERT, but the prime focal...
I still haven't figured out why this is graded MS63. [IMG]
Nice writeup! I've always thought it was appropriate that P. T. Barnum was on an early commem, especially one dated 1936. [IMG]
Nice coin, even with the "character marks." VF30
The 1873 is more eye-appealing and has far more detail on the reverse. I have to wonder why it's not graded, though. Make sure there's not a...
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