Old ANACS used to designate PL on any coin that met their standards. Unfortunately, their standards weren't quite up to snuff. I've bought several...
Whatever, man. You have fun. You obviously know more than the rest of us. Enjoy.
To show you I'm not just blowing smoke (well, you've made up your mind. Let me rephrase: to educate the rest of the board): these are the only...
I don't see it. Not a single one of the details in the OP's coin matches the one you posted. There may be some doubling of the rays (are there...
I think the reverse might make G, but the obverse definitely doesn't have what it takes. I'd call the obverse AG-3. Since the obverse is...
While that may be true, there are certain colors and patterns that are red flags. They aren't commonly seen, or are common to coins that are known...
I think what they interpreted as wear, I interpreted as breaks in the toning (due to contact with an envelope, for example). In hand, is there...
No. The Non-Collectibles are all R7 or R8 - Some of them are unique (only 1 known), but the NC term was devised for marriages with less than 4...
Well, since it isn't and never was an actual cent, you actually wasted the full $250. If it was an altered date of a genuine coin, you would...
Dude, if someone seriously offered you $800+ for that, take the money and run.
I can't make out the last digit in the date in your pics. I'm assuming in hand it is clear. If you can't make the last digit out, then its...
Anyone who bids on that is an idiot. I don't even feel sorry for them losing their money.
Good start. Look also at: the date, the headband, the hair details, the dentils, all lettering, the stars, the eagle's head, the eagle's wings,...
I don't know about attributing these. The odds are not in your favor, however.... NC stands for "Non-collectible." These varieties are very...
As long as it has been removed from the environment of the foreign contaminant, the toning should stop. The contaminant is no longer present, so...
I think its probably 63FBL, but I can't see the top left quadrant of the lines well enough to be sure. The obverse toning is quite attractive.
As it turns out, you won't get a different answer posting it in 4 different subforums on two different sites. I believe you have gotten the same...
Where is the scratch on that first one? Not being familiar with the design, I'm not seeing it. The cleaned ones are all fairly obvious,...
Sure. But first, compare the coin in the OP to this genuine example (graded 63, from the Heritage archives, sold for $282k), and tell me what...
Clearly split serifs, strong doubling, and nice rounded secondary image.... I'd say you definitely hit the jackpot here. Nice pair of DDOs.
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