An old cleaning and nicely retoned. Graded 40 is conservative. I would say a gold bean except for the old cleaning so I'll say it got a green bean.
I agree. The coin clearly show luster breaks (and a bit of more serious wear) on all of the high points. Clearly at best about a AU-53, IMO....
Nothing about it sets off alarm bells for me. You may want to try to match up your coin to one of these: http://varslab.com/fugio.html At $200,...
I buy on eBay from known dealers and auctions only.
I check multiple sources including several price guides at both "wholesale" and "retail" levels, various auctions, and several other resources...
Thanks, @johnmilton, for another interesting tutorial. I particularly enjoy your insights into strike and availability. I have posted my type...
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Don't mean to be snarky, but is that a grade of F-16 written at the lower right of the flip? Probably just a inventory number but I got a chuckle...
I call it a solid VG-10 but I'm just not willing to give it the F-12.
Ditto
I use the Eva-Dry and they seem to work well and take about 12 hours to dry out when saturated. You just plug them into the wall outlet and the...
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