i wonder if the marks are from being in that case - it is cardboard. it doesn't get moved very much but over the decades it has been, i think...
1942 merc, nothing special, but the solder notion seems likely. both sides show wear, but the obverse shows more wear, so perhaps the reverse was...
pmd from a coin wrapper - interesting notion, but there's no shadow or anything of where the bottom part of the 3 (not 7) used to be which seems...
so where does that leave us? does the pcgs scale apply at all? pcgs provides: ms40 US$400 ms55 US$480 or does this girl have the cooties...
obviously a quarter eagle - my 1911 half-eagle is the same but not in a nest, and likely in a lesser grade.
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1873 my apologies - i dyslex often. also sorry for posting this and another here instead of in the error thread which would have been more...
[ATTACH][ATTACH] i wonder if errors are a dime a dozen. in any case here's one and probably two. the last digit of the year on the roosevelt...
[ATTACH] this photo won't do justice - it is a lovely little coin with a peculiarity ... the C in AMERICA is so flat that tilting the coin...
this was a gift to me in the 70s, a 1911 half eagle in "an original case" - passed down to me from a relative who's husband acquired it i think...
[ATTACH][ATTACH] a few things - i located the coin in question and it is not as pristine as i remembered. also, obviously, i'm not expert at...
then y'all agree that it is not a matter of scouring or abrasives or marking or stripping, but that the extreme word "harshness" means a coin may...
i sent it out myself and it is possible pcgs indicated that, however i don't recall that language, just that they indicated it was cleaned....
i think the reason i was able to acquire it, already many years ago, for $350, is because it was cleaned. an isabella quarter in lesser condition...
excuse my double-dipping here, but you miss critical points - one: obviously my inquiry seeks out artificially introduced tarnishing that would be...
thanks for your reply - you are not incorrect, but you are overstating the environmental damage; and, besides, i'd rather sell it sooner than...
hello. years ago i purchased a stunning isabella quarter - i submitted it to pcgs for grading but it came back ungraded with an indication that...
thanks for the informative reply - i'll give the roll to my nephews! sorry for the delay - i was out of town but i appreciate time and informed...
thanks - so i guess a bank roll is no big deal and i may just as well get 50c out of it by mixing it in with my $us pocket change? i guess i...
hello - i often come to this forum just to read up on who's discussing what. this is the first time i registered and am posting here. i am in...
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