That's a lot more than rub, that's out and out wear. To my eyes that coin would grade no better than AU 50.
I sure would, but my reasons would have nothing to do with value.
Many medals don't do much for me, but even I like that one :thumb:
When you have looked at enough copper coins in various states your mind records a lot of things about those coins. But one of the primary things...
Pretty coin !
Completed auction prices are the only thing I would ever use. But even with those, the same coin, in the same grade, graded by the same TPG,...
Tim, you always want to get and save receipts for every coin you ever buy. You need them for several reasons, so just make sure you do it. As for...
To the best of my knowledge, the mint has always made a profit.
darko - this should help answer your questions. http://users.scronline.com/lockem/20thcentury.txt
Then use this one - http://www.mcsearch.info/index.html
I agree, it could be a planchet flaw. But even a planchet flaw, when severe enough, is cause for a coin to be determined a problem coin. And that...
Read what it says at your link about the mint mark. I'm assuming you just worded your comment incorrectly. But I don't think you want readers to...
That's pretty much a certainty.
You make a good point :thumb: But ya forgot to cross the A :)
Tim, take a look at this - http://www.numismaster.com/ta/inside_numis.jsp?page=MyPortfolio&@mc=1
Again there are plenty of programs that already do all of that, and more. And they are all free. So unless it means more to you to spend all the...
Honestly, it's impossible for me to judge the coin based on your pics. But I think I would be inclined to just leave it alone. It's a newer slab...
I'd say BV. I see the rest of the stuff as superfluous scroll work.
A coin can be literally covered with marks and yet still be MS. Marks have nothing to do with the coin being MS or not. By the same token, a coin...
If I may suggest, why go to all that trouble ? Instead why not just use a code that has already been invented and been in use for decades by the...
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