It is not the splotchiness I am talking about. It is all the pinholes on both sides of the coin.
It is a little hard to describe, but a plated coin will have no luster. It will have a lot of shine, but will not cartwheel at all. Most (not...
First off, that coin looks to me to be recoated. If it has been, replated, those coins commonly show doubling from the plating.
21- 64 RB - Woodies are hard to grade in hand and can be impossible w/pix 29- 65 RD 20-S 64 BN - Nice coin. Rough to find 15- 63 BN
Don't have a clue, but he is in 3rd place on Yahoo and goes by Mullet Empire. BTW, both first and second missed butler, but there are 3 tied for...
Anyone wish they had these selections?
Here is the 1926-D. BTW, that has some wood graining to it. I wonder what I should do about that.
Actually, I was waiting for you to post yours. Are you going to or are you just going to make me keep teasing everyone? Here are the 2 I got...
I would guess that coin would grade it would go XF40/45, but may not make that money because the reverse is not very strongly struck.
On Yahoo pick'em; 20 Butler (5) 1.3% 16 Michigan State (5) 1.6% 6 West Virginia (2) 27.7% 4 Duke (1) 45.4% For comparison; 1...
Just a SWAG, but I would think that the pitting may be the cause of the cleaning rather than the cleaning causing the pitting. I am far from an...
With the possible exception of the VDB, I see nothing yet that is worth even $1 and that is assuming that they are not corroded.
That reference I gave him is from Stacks and here is what they say;
Nothing listed there. Try this...
FWIW, you either have his phone number or can easily get it from eBay. I think I would call before I did anything else.
What am I missing. They are both proofs. They should have the same (or very similar) detail, shouldn't they? Yet that type 1 buffalo looks like...
My gut says MS, but I rally did not look that closely at the grade. I was more interested in the look of his coins.
Very nice coin. Thought of you at the Fort Worth show. There was a dealer there who sold nothing but very high grade toned coins. The first...
$20.55
Wizards Coin Supply was selling Verdi-gone. I put in the good word for it, but I also had to explain how it worked. Also, you can expect a...
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