Half cent has F12 details but appears to have been damaged, thus it would be considered ungradeable. Large cent is a nice XF45 I'd say.
Wooden shelves are no good either, they put of acidic gas that can harm the coins. Get some metal or inert plastic shelves and get rid of the wood.
spock sometimes you amaze me :rolleyes: If you get a light like this - you tape a piece of printer paper to the shade - not the the light bulb....
Now think about that for a minute Mark, if the point of the star is higher than the field, how can a weak strike make the point longer or draw it...
Do you have any old flips in the safe, plastic binders or sheets that go in the binders, how about the safe itself - what are the shelves made of...
No, not all my life. Just the past 48 years ;)
spock the idea is to diffuse the light. You can do it by putting a milk jug over the light, taping a piece of paper over the light, placing a...
There is one part of learning to grade that will never change - you have to look at thousands and thousands and thousands of coins - in hand. The...
Left out the most important rule of all - know your seller.
Guy - let's back up a step here. First of all where exactly did you have the stored and what else was in the same space or container ?
Can't speak for anyone but me, but in my book intent has a lot to do with how you differentiate NT from AT.
How about different die and likely an earlier die state as well.
At the current price of gold & silver the coin would be worth about $143.00
Finally, wisdom rears its head ;)
NP, when I can walk into almost any coin shop and buy as many Ikes or SBAs as I want for $1.25, and sometimes less - then I think that justifies...
While the toning does appear to be NT I would never buy such a coin at that price without seeing it in hand.
ICG and ANACS have changed hands or management so many times in recent years that you would probably have to ask them directly what their criteria...
Ever hear the saying that you get what you pay for ? Well, Heritage and the other major auction houses are just such places - you get what you pay...
You should be able to find a source by clicking here - World Mints
Sorry it took so long to fix this - I just missed it :mad:
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