$30 seems fair to me. I'd buy it. :)
Not really that look like this, but you will see those types of dents on a coin that's been a bit beat up and then dipped then "flashed" into a...
If the photos are accurate.... The color is unnatural and I would more properly call that coin dipped. The TPGs might say improperly dipped,...
Depends on the coin... Classic collector coins, key dates, etc. -> Heritage Other sources, moderns in particular -> eBay and Teletrade Old copper...
Whew. Possible disaster averted! Moving on to '46... First, a halfway decent N-2 small date that ANACS graded AU 55: [img][img] Second, a...
If you are considering mint state, I would recommend a 17 type 1. The thought being you can find a fully struck example relatively cheaply....
Of his 10 or so offerings, I didn't see any coins that screamed AT to me. That said, none of them really appealed to me either, and beauty is...
Good lord, be careful with acetone and copper! There are other solvents I'd use before acetone even if that was PVC.... In any event, I'm not...
AG details, avg-, net FA-02. A few edge bumps, some roughness, but overall quite a nice planchet and nice full date for the grade. Not sure of...
And here I thought the whole time all those toned IHCs were because of the mint tissue paper. ;)
To me, books are a good way to understand grading, but they really stink in teaching you how to grade. The way I learned to grade was by...
As I look back at my collection, almost without exception, my best coins were ones that I "overpaid" for. There's a lesson in there, if you care...
I see no reason to call that coin "fake". The toning appears natural looking and nothing atypical for a Lincoln. As far as value, that's a bit...
Yikes! That's a super '45.... Here are my two examples, neither of which hold a candle to that one! First, a N-10. Second an N-15. [img][img]...
Since the OP mentioned proofs, here are two proofs of the same year, 1905. One I used to own (PCGS 65 RB CAC) and one I still do (PCGS 65 BN):...
Merry Christmas copper collectors! Here's my '44, a recolored N-1 normal date: [img][img]
Very hard to tell. The color of the photo suggests a dipping, but copper can be fickle under the lens, and I've seen perfectly natural coins look...
That is a very good point, Paul, and one of the advantages to the way TPGs market grade coins as compared to the more technical grading methods.
No, IMO, it does not. It is impossible to remove the subjective nature of coin grading as grading is inherently subjective. You cannot have one...
No it is not.
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