The reason NGC didn't assign the FBL is because of the scratch through the upper bell ines. NGC requires both sets of lines be full and no breaks...
And if I could view them in hand I have little doubt that I could. So could anybody else with experience. But as you say, pics are not the best...
You really think you can identify one based on a picture when the foremost experts there are can't identify one in hand ?
Doesn't surpise me really. But they got it from here, that I can promise you.
It isn't actually. They took the P, T and S (in that order) from POTOSI and created a die punch that made all 3 letters in the die at the same...
To be honest I find it hard to believe that you can use any coin dip that will remove toning/tarnish for 15 seconds and not harm the coin. I would...
Given the evenness of the toning I'd say there is a good chance it is. As for FBL, it looks like it is but the pic is a bit small to say for sure.
Now I understand your question. Yes, toning can and will eventually turn into what they call environmental damage. That is because when the toning...
I'm not sure what "inverment damage" is as I have never heard the term before. But yes, that coin is toned.
As has been stated in many other threads on the same subject there is only 1 way to tell for certain if a '65 thru '67 coin is SMS or not. That is...
While there are many theories written about how the dollar sign came to be, there is one that you won't find anyplace but in this forum. And that...
Your coin is 1 reale minted in Seville. Value is approx $35-$50 based on your pictures and auction records for this coin.
Regardless of how it works out for Guy, there is something that is extremely important for all collectors to recognize and take note of in this...
AG 3 all day, any day.
Which is essentially what he did. Guy said he traded in a couple thousand in junk silver for coins with a similar numismatic value. That is not a...
I'm not. I quit collecting coins in '06. Now all I do is study them.
I wouldn't care if the luster is the best ever seen on a coin, with that many contact marks there's no way that coin deserves to be in a 66...
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Sorry, but I need to see pictures of YOUR coin. Not pictures of one like it. Value depends on condition.
They are not highly thought of by most collectors. That said, with older coins, and in their older slabs, their grading is often on par with NGC...
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