Unfortunately, CAC is not accepting any new memberships and I am new to the coin world. Any suggestions? Do they sticker at shows?
Would that be the reason for the serious jump in value from MS64 ($95 PCGS Guide) to MS65 ($275)?
Here's the slab. Thanks for all your input. I guess the only question now is whether or not to pursue scregrade in search of MS65. The value...
I'd love to see what you could do with it under your lens. My desk lamp / iPhone setup is pretty crude. I'll post the grade on the slab first...
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Here's another shot of the obverse...looking at the original post I see how weak the strike appears (especially in the hair above her forehead)....
I had a hard time getting the lighting/luster right in the photo. Raw coins are so much easier because of the lack of glare from the plastic slab.
This arrived today so I thought I'd give it a spin around the forum. Let's do two guesses: Grade on slab Grade you think it actually is [ATTACH]...
Bump for thoughts on value vs. purchase price. See above... Thanks!
So let's play the "did he pay too much?" game. Coin One 1855: $32 Coin Two 1848: $26 [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
The 5 on the OP's coin (that's me) looks like the mint was playing pin the tail on the donkey.
Cool. Thanks. On the second coin, I think it would grade at VF35/XF40 without the ding at 12:00. How much might that detract?
Of course, just concerned about cleaning at this point.
So this coin wouldn't demonstrate characteristics of a cleaning? Just trying to get my ducks in a row... [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
How damning is a cleaning on a coin such as this?
Can you elaborate on the details grade? Cleaned?
just landed an 1855 large cent and was curious about any specific variety it might be. I did a bit of digging and saw there were many varieties,...
Thanks for the insight. Luckily at $23 I'm not in too deep not to be able to just enjoy it.
I impulse purchased (at the urging of my 6 year old son) a raw Peace dollar yesterday. I was wondering if these coins demonstrate the same...
Not too concerned with the value...I just like the way it looks, as does my son. That's the whole point, right?
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