Why would they not ? NGC and PCGS would both fall over themselves for the chance to slab a coin like this and they have stated for the record that...
Fine details, harshly cleaned & scratched.
My opinion it's a cast fake.
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Here is the coin found by officer Toven, the Capitol policeman. There is at least 1 other example that has been seen at coin shows over the years,...
Yes temperature and humidity play a huge part in toning !
Regarding the links - just because a TPG grades a coin as MS doesn't mean the coin IS MS or that there is no wear on the coin. That much is a...
I don't dispute for one second that the colors on the pieces are 100% natural. That was not my intent. Never once on any forum, in all the years I...
Sandy the way children react to coins is widely varied and it varies even more with what age they are at the time. I know this from my own...
While it is true that as long as you bid on items from the various auction houses you will continue to get their catalogs delivered free, it is...
Something you'll find out Shane, if you don't know it already, is that once a coin has been harshly cleaned (like those pieces of silverware have)...
I believe the coin has wear on it but I cannot tell how much wear based on the pics so I have to settle for saying the coin is less than MS.
Those links and many others like them have been right here on CT for years. You just to take the time to look for them. You can find them in the...
Based on the look of some of the design details I think it's a fake coin you have there.
Here's your answers - Unc - http://www.usmint.gov/mint_programs/american_eagles/index.cfm?flash=yes&action=MintageTotals Proof -...
It better have a full flan since they used milled planchets by then. As for grade I agree.
In a bag. The arc seems to match coin size and I can think of nothing else that could cause that.
But the post Speedy is talking about seemed to say that it was true everywhere - not just in NY state. As has been said many times already -...
Always seemed to me that these from this time period were harder to find than those centuries older - Congrats !
Haven't read it yet, but I will.
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