There are counterfeits for that slab, but this does not appear to be one. It does however appear to be a tampered with slab.
Bruce, what do you mean by the no grade coins on the NGC web site :confused:
Ahhhhh, but ya see Ruben, that is NOT an alias - those are the actual initials for my full name ;)
Yeah, that and $2 MIGHT get you a cup of coffee :D
Never use latex gloves ! Read the other posts in this thread for the reasons.
I'm no expert either - all I can do is offer my opinions. But if a coin has been harshly cleaned it moves out of the MS grade range and rightly so...
Regardless of what the coin grades, I would not in a thousand years spend that much money on a raw Morgan from ebay even if the seller had a...
That is certainly a well struck coin for an O. But it has a bit too much wear to make AU IMO - I'd say XF45.
Short of sending the coin in for certification there is no way to know for sure. But if you haven't already found it you can read more about it by...
I have that book - excellent resource ;)
And that is because they simply don't know any better.
To my eyes there appears to be minor wear on the high points of both obverse & reverse. And the hits on the coin do not appear, at least to me, to...
The fields of a Proof coin have a mirror like finish - circulation coins do not.
I believe they are probably calling it that as part of a marketing campaign because the previous 2 yrs have been so successful.
Since you report finding it in a mint roll I suspect that yes it is a copper wash/sintered planchet coin. It often happens during the annealing...
In regard to its bullion value, no not a bit. But in in the eyes of those who collect these coins - yes. Collectors find the spots detracting and...
Milk spots (what most folks call the whitish spots) are not uncommon on ASEs. They are the result of the washing process the planchets go through...
The pics aren't the best, but based on them I think the O coin would have likely graded 64, but it appears to have been harshly cleaned. I think...
CT, my opinion, and likely everyone else's, is based on the pics - keep that in mind. It could be that it is the pics making the coin look like...
In my mind this is like asking what kind of ice cream is better - chocolate or vanilla ? Some folks are gonna say one or the other. But somebody...
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