Seriously considering returning it? Just my opinion, but that's a no-brainer to return for refund. I hate to hear that it was L&C coins, as I just...
66FS
I was looking on usacoinbook.
I just looked at the site for S-L 25c, and all I saw were lower grade coins, not the kind of coins I want in my Registry Set.
I don't doubt that it required a lot of work, but I suspect that putting together a Morgan set all in the grade of F12 would take the same amount...
Interesting comment about how the lowball idea came about. What you're saying is that all the time I've been critical of PCGS for the lowball...
I went to a PCGS luncheon a couple of years ago at which the theme was the creation of the lowball nonsense. They didn't call it nonsense, of...
Where are they shown? I can't see them, and I've seen many 1909 VDBs and a few 1909-S VDBs and never saw anything that looks like your pictures. I...
I looked at some of the lowball collections listed in the PCGS Set Registry. Most of the collections, other than the highest ranking (best of the...
If you really paid $27 for it, you can't go wrong no matter how it turns out. My suggestion would be to send it to the conservation service at NGC...
I find lots of nice SLQs on eBay and dealer sites, but they often have prices I find too high. Look at the NGC-graded MS65 1924-S on Empire Coins...
Cleaned and retoned. Looks pretty good, however.
So are you taking Fred Weinberg up on his offer or not?
And read it!
I don't think it has been harshly cleaned, it just looks cleaned to me. I don't mind coins that have been cleaned as long as they don't looked...
Only if there are several '14-Ds in them, and only if you'll take all my junk cents in payment.
Pretty coin but looks cleaned to me. I would have to pass on it.
And I would be happy to take it off your hands. I can't believe anyone on here thinks this well-worn Lincoln has no value. It would be a treasure...
Would it be worth having these graded? No.
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