Not exactly. Yes, you can clean a coin properly and not do any harm to the coin. But that does not mean that you cannot tell that the coin has...
Well, kinda. But if a planchet flaw is severe enough the coin won't even be slabbed as an error, even if you do pay for it. By all means, of...
Granted the picture looks different but I still see that line across the L.
The situation back then was the same as it has been throughout recorded history, that being that the small change, the smaller denominations, are...
Submitting them in the govt. packaging will make no difference at all in the outcome because they will be removed from that packaging before the...
Rubbing alcohol is always a bad idea for coins. That is because on average it is only 70% alcohol. The rest is made up of water, dye, and perfume...
A 1950 cent that is magnetic ? A few possibilities I can think of. 1 - it's an out and out fake, a counterfeit. 2 - it's a genuine mint error,...
These are the codes and descriptions that PCGS uses for problem coins. No Grades PCGS will not grade and encapsulate any coins with the...
Yes it is often true that they cross and yes it is true that more than a few upgrade. But it is by no means always true in either case.
You might to consider trying your luck with another coin, Washington quarters are generally acknowledged as being among the hardest of all coins...
There's certainly something that's happened to it, maybe several somethings. Based on that 1 pic it appears to be scratched and polished. And you...
That's a pretty involved set of questions and I just don't have time to write it all out right now. But I will tomorrow ;)
I checked CONECA and the CPG and I couldn't find any of these 3.
Depending on what you paid for it I'd say you did fine Merlin. Looks like a nice mid grade Proof.
No Mike I wasn't thinking they were counterfeit at all. What I see there are two different '48 DDR's, and a '48-D DDR.
Me - environmental damage ;)
bryan - Who exactly are you asking about doing the attribution for you ? I ask that because the TPGs will attribute certain coins and slab them....
That is a good thing ;)
The primary difference I see in the two coins is the area I circled in red. [ATTACH] If it were not for all those scuff marks in that area I...
Amen brother ;) Yes I have, and many times. But then I specialized in gold for quite a while so I looked at, and still do, a lot of it. That...
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