Nice pick up! Cool coin. Yeah, it was probably cleaned at some point. But it has been left alone for a long time and its color is certainly market...
I think it will lose points for eye appeal. I'd give it a 62. Intercept Shields are probably the best for preventing tarnish. Like the one below....
Low mintage is only a factor for coins in demand. Much as I like commemoratives, they have always been sleepers. I keep waiting for them to wake...
If it's a new print, an acetone dip may very well remove it. That is the correct treatment. And even if it doesn't, no harm will come to the coin....
Please, don't ever do this. Greenie, no I didn't resubmit it. I felt the artificial "toning" was used to cover up unsightly stains. I took it to...
Many early Lincolns have an almost matte finish, very different from later years. Here's another. This one is also a 66RD. The '11 is a 65RD...
As Doug says, acetone is harmless. It reacts with organic material. I've soaked coins for weeks in acetone. You don't need to worry about a quick...
I hope not! I don't think so and neither did PCGS, FWIW. Lance.
I'm pretty sure he was dead. Lance. [IMG][IMG]
Run! Don't even think about it. Lance.
Ridiculous price. A low MS TPG-slabbed, problem-free 1838 CBH coin can be had for $1k. A sweet slabbed 58 can be had for hundreds less. The...
I would not take the coins out of the sealed cellophane. There's no downside and who knows? Maybe graders get them that way, maybe they've been...
It's a waste of money, IMO. But it's your money. The TPG's are pretty secretive about their handling procedures. It is entirely possible, if not...
Exactly. It's okay to drink...just don't rinse coins in it. :D Lance.
To a lot of us, sure. But RD's sell for many multiples of the same grade in RB. FWIW. Lance. edited to say: I probably misunderstood. You were...
All of my best coins are slabbed, for obvious reasons. But I keep two Dansco sets raw. Large cents, 1793-1857, and Lincolns 1909-2009. The former...
Don't bother with the RB's, as much as I love them and think them more handsome. The real value is in the RD's. Select a couple of the best RD's....
I laughed when I saw the OP's coin. The date was comical. The above fake is much better, IMO. Again, the date is telling. The numerals are very...
The resubmission risk is a little money. I agree. But PCGS will not crack it out of its existing holder (assuming it's ANACS, or ICG, let's say)...
Not sure where Heritage got this information. There was only one reverse die used for the 1847-C, and two obverse. So two marriages are known (as...
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