Toning on a coin doesn't keep it out of mint state....wear does. I can almost guarantee the coin isn't as dark and unattractive as it appears in...
In the past NGC seemed to be more lenient towards toned coins but lately I have had coins that did not grade at NGC grade at PCGS so I think the...
no doubt about it...+1
Really nice dime!!!!
I have seen that coin in hand and if memory serves me correctly....with a slight tilt the coin looks exactly like KLRC's photo....super eye appeal!
Right now it's personal collection material :)
According to Conder101 who literally wrote the book on vintage slabs...the 2.0's and the version 2.1's were only used breifly back in 1987. The...
I have never submitted an old holder for upgrade and I never will....the coin looks just fine in it's current home :) Worse case scenario is...
Won this one for what I thought was a strong price but in hand the toning is much nicer than I imagined so I am really glad I adjusted my max bid...
I would heed Chris's advice and if you want a real pretty example with full strike and semi-PL surfaces then I would recommend and early S mint...
but the Morgan's have some historical significance at least and while not rare it would seem that from a coin collecting standpoint the Morgans...
You sold Morgans to buy ASE's?
Looks Star worthy to me...must be another one NGC dropped the ball on ;)
Looks like a super example....congrats!!! :)
This answer is the closest to the truth...the only difference is that with the macro lens you do not need to manually focus/hand crank anything?...
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That's an NGC 2.1....probably the 2nd rarest slab in existence besides the NGC 1.0 black slab. The gold logo was stamped into the white insert so...
[IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] Gave this one away to a good friend recently :) [IMG] [IMG]
I have seen it an owned several nicely toned circulated examples but usually a circulated coin would have much of the toning rubbed off even in...
No when I walked up I grabed a handful and they didn't say anything lol
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