Easy - copy a genuine coin in F condition.
Bruce - The spots on the neck do not show up in these pics as they did. But the dark color in the recesses confirms the coin has been dipped...
Oddly enough, coins can be found with rust on them. It isn't all that uncommon. But the rust does not come from the coins, except for the '43...
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Awwwww - and it was so peaceful :( I can't buy it Rusty. Look at the reverse, the wing tips are worn flat, the eagles head is worn flat, parts...
To my knowledge they haven't. But - if you read their standards it is easy to see why there is no need for them to change their standards. It is...
It didn't - that happened when the hole was plugged with melted silver.
I'm also the Tooth Fairy :secret: :D
Somewhere in the neighborhood of $75 - $100.
Very little, maybe $20 - $25 to the right person. The coin is virtually destroyed.
Not really, seems like a fair price to me.
private mints
Boy Howdy Ruben - you have been digging in the depths today :eek:
My opinion, the coin in the auction is a VF35. The coin in the PCGS slab is a VF20.
NGC is far and away more consistent than PCGS. But over the past couple of years both of the companies have become more lax in their standards....
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You must not have looked very hard :rolleyes:
It easily does if you understand that the vast majority of the sales they make go to the large dealers who order thousands of the coins in...
Probably around $300 if genuine.
Precisely - sea salavaged.
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