I recently taught another round of the Coin Collecting merit badge for some Boy Scouts, and one of the Scout's mothers had these images of a trade...
Definitely in the Mint State range; however, I'm very poor at grading toned coins. I just can't see the details well enough to make a guess.
To the OP, grading is a key component of coin collecting and it's something I strongly recommend you begin learning now. The American Numismatic...
I'm a fan of collectors corner.
Wow
Wow. YOU NEED TO GET THIS SET CERTIFIED. With that kind of rarity, I'd imagine your kids won't need to pay for college :)
If that's the coin you have, I'd keep it. It's not overly rare or expensive, but anyone putting together a date-and-mint-mark set would love to...
Can you provide a close up of the middle bands?
I think the rim ding on the reverse at about 12:30 is the only problem. I disagree that it would details grade; that coin would straight grade.
I agree that it has had an old, old cleaning. I don't see any hairlines and if you say the coin in hand also does not have any, then I say slab...
Blah. Just kidding :)
Ummm...yes. Dude, you cherry picked the bejezus out of that.
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^^^ This ^^^ Additionally, it has been rather harshly cleaned so even if it had been real you should avoid it.
What they are trying to tell you is these coins are exhibiting something known as "post mint damage," meaning the coin was minted just fine but...
Got it, thanks!
Histman, can you provide some info on the make and model of this? I'd like to look it up on Amazon since I quit using CheatBay.
Bausch and Lomb is definitely the way to go for your loupe. Most of the literature recommends either 5X, 7X, or at most 10X for numismatics. I...
To answer your question: It depends. Some collectors like toning, some pay huge bucks for "rainbow" toning, whereas others like blast white. So...
Retired cop here. Go ahead and try to convince me that discussing Breen's crimes (PROVEN crimes multiple times, not speculation) as well as those...
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