Ya just gotta look closer -
Bad idea - wood and coins don't get along.
Awwww don't worry about those neighbors. We talk about ya around here too :D
Maybe - maybe not. No matter how good the price - you still have to get the coin after you pay for it. Never forget that you need to know your seller.
Read that book with a salt shaker nearby - you'll need to take a grain or two ;)
One clue to genuine toning is that the underlying luster will almost (stress almost) always show through the toning. When it doesn't, as with this...
LOL ! I love it :thumb:
They were all minted at West Point. But the ASE in the Millennium Set is the only one that the TPG's will slab as being from West Point. Back...
The coin is pretty well struck, has excellent luster and is pretty clean (few marks) overall and has great eye appeal. If it were not for the dark...
Looks like a nickel that has been stained a copperish color - not really unusual for that to happen.
You're being too nice Jack. If that was an ordinary coin from the '30's or so it would have been body bagged in a New York second.
I can find no coin as you describe. So it is either a medal or a fake coin.
I'd say XF.
No, they can even be different within the same year on the same denomination.
Of course the luster is evident, as I said the light colored areas have luster and the darker colored areas do not. With scans this is even easier...
Wouldn't argue that. But the coin I pictured has even been wiped - it should have been body bagged.
Just about all of it. I have circled areas where you can luster breaks and light wear. The lighter areas inside the circles still have luster, the...
It certainly wouldn't surprise me if PCGS slabbed that a 64. If they can slab this as a 63 - then that's a 64 in their eyes.
Sounds more like a nmedal of some sort than a coin.
Well Joe, in the future try and limit your posts to numismatic related items.
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