My guess - it wasn't. When they get that worn most of the dirt is worn away because the coin is so smooth. All you will usually see is around the...
F 12, it would go 15 if not for the reverse.
As always, your writing is a pleasant read Charmy - good job :thumb:
That's what I figured. No they are not. But there are those grade the CC's more loosely/leniently because they are CC's. I'd grade both...
100% correct ! 100% incorrect ! You need both. Actually you need ALL the grading guides ! You really do Mike ;) And if you can find a...
Alright you two - that will be enough. It stops here and now.
Which is which Eduard ? The coins are pretty much the same grade IMO, but the one is just a tad bit nicer than the other. Not enough to change...
Please tell me what you mean by - liberal ?
Howdy Donna - So your coins looks kind of like this one ? It's a 8 reales from one of the Spanish colonial mints. If it looks like the one...
It can be. But beginners should stick to collecting from their pocket change. You'll find on this forum that it is said - buy the book before...
When I bought it about 6 years ago, $400. Today it is probably worth well over $600, perhaps even $700.
I do not believe that coins should be graded by using pcitures to define the standards. You need to use written adjectival standards. The...
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Not the vendors - the coins you find at flea markets. Do you know why ? Because every coin I have ever seen at a flea market, every single one,...
Not if it is done properly, no.
The scratch that runs down across the face, the other scratch on her neck, and the two scratches thru her hair.
XF45 damaged. No way that coin is AU.
LOL ! Not sure how to take that Jack. As I recall, "you won" when we flipped for dinner that night - and you paid the bill ! So if that's how...
Are talking about the toning to lips or tongue ? :D
You misunderstand me. It's not that I want to keep dead Presidents on coins. Quite the contrary, I led the campaign for new designs 8 years ago....
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