For one thing soap leaves a film on the coins that is all but impossible to rinse off. The washing process itself leaves behind small hairline...
PCGS would say - top left - F15 - $65 top right - VF20 - $90 center - VF35 - $150 bottom left - VF30 - $115 bottom right - XF45 - $150
Based on th epics I'd have to say there is no luster on that coin at all. Yes it has some shine. But toned copper always has some shine when...
For a circ coin like that, no wouldn't bother me a bit.
Best bet is to choose the approriate section and post separate threads for each. Pics need to be large enough and clear enough that we can judge...
Clean, soft cotton gloves - touch only the edge of the coin.
It changed in the 6th edition of the ANA standards. Only 1 other grade change, for Lincolns, in a single grade, in the entire book. It still...
Is that when your parents took the tape off you mouth ? :D
For the most part the numbers are fairly close for all years. The reason some years are more than others is simply a function of supply and...
Special care in handling them, yes. In striking them, doubtful. The reason these coins are nice is because they only minted 30,000. And that's...
Wouldn't get better than VF25 from me. Cost around $50.
Best bet is the coin mags.
Can't swear to it, but $3 - $4 I think.
:eek: Perish the thought, don;t even want to imagine it :D In 1772 the numeral 1 changed from this - I - to this - 1 - and stayed that way.
Lol !!
Yes Lydia was in Asia Minor.
More than anything else, it is the value aspect of market grading. It's something that did not really start becoming common, at least in my...
Yes it is well struck, can't tell if it is FS or not based on those pics. As for the toning, proper storage.
Because it's a known fact Ruben. The Lydians were the first to make coins in the western world and not until 700 BC. There are those who argue...
In the western world coins were not invented until 700 BC.
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