Hammer one coin on top of the other
Looks like a hammer job.
Update, PCGS now grades it the same as NGC MS64BN. [IMG]
You're right. I haven't used Blue Ribbon in several years. I guess the brown I remember was the liquid not the bottle. I don't know about care....
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Blue Ribbon.
Not a chance. All VDB proofs have the dot between the D and B in the center. Yours is nearer to the D. We won't even mention the rounded rims on...
Nice circulation find!!
Originally I bought this as an Anacs MS66. I cracked it out and sent it to PCGS.......they also gave it a grade of MS66. [IMG] [IMG]
There is no consistency with PCGS when it comes to RB or BN. I've seen coins with almost identical colors designated BN on one and RB on the other...
I'll give it a 65BN. I can see some satiny luster.
Love it!!
MS66 [IMG] MS66 [IMG] MS66+ [IMG]
PCGS liked it as QC......... this time.
I picked up the #1 coin from the roll. My photo is a bit darker than Ray's photo. Like Jason said, the coin is probably somewhere in between Ray's...
Mosty copper [IMG]
I don't know as a fact. I was told by a friend who was spending a week at PCGS working as an intern that it was no longer in use. Maybe he got it...
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