Well, nobody can say with certainty that a coin is genuine just by looking at it. So even if you took them to a dealer he would have to at least...
A contact mark that large would show displaced metal - a strike through doesn't.
Too high. They are both considered to be generic coins and will trade for about spot price.
No, but tap water will.
That all by itself indicates to me that the coin is fake.
I agree that it looks like the coin has been harshly cleaned and that alone would keep it out of a regular slab. As for the rim - that looks more...
Yeah sure it would get graded. As I said, they're pretty common. Hard to find a Morgan without a few marks like that. Most folks just refer to...
I can tell you it was issued by Louis XIII, and that it was in 1643, but as to exactly which coin it was, I am not positive. I believe it was a...
I'm pretty sure it's not French. While the design matches up to a denier tournois or an obole tournois, the legends are all wrong for the French...
Those are what are called scrape marks - on the coin itself. Pretty common to see those on Morgans.
I would have to say that coin is over-graded. Yes, it is known for having a weak strike. But that is just a bit much as is indicated by several...
Yes that has been said. But it's just like the annealing process. If the planchet wash was the reason then why is it that all of the other silver...
This is not unusual as it happens with a great many things in this hobby. This expert says one thing and 2 more say something else entirely...
They do it for the very same reason that they clean them - it's because they think it makes the coin look better. And no it does not preserve the...
If you intended to post a pic of the coin so we may judge the toning for you - you forgot the picture. edit - ahhhhhh there it is. Yes, the...
A small mistake in that video - Issac Newton did not invent coin reeding. Reeding was in fact invented in France in the same year that Issac...
Excellent post Jason. However, I would still question how you define technical grading. I submit to you that what you call technical grading -...
Only problem is that coin is not "snow white" - it's toned.
Yes, as I said it should grade 64.
What there's a market for are coins that many collectors don't even realize are problem coins. They pay full retail for a coin with that old,...
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