CAC doesn't go lower. If they don't think it's worth a green bean at its current level, they just send it back to you.
While roll hunting in the summer of 1960, I found about one circulated 1950-D 5c each day. I never looked for a 1960 small date cent b/c I avoided...
Several pages ago, I assigned a grade of MS62 BN to the OP's '22-D. Thus, I wasn't surprised that it had received a grade of MS63 from PCGS. To...
I once tried to see how many crown-sized foreign silver coins I could accumulate. It was fun, inexpensive, and I made money on them when I sold...
Oh, I lived in Shreveport, La.
If you wanted to find 1950-Ds in circulation, you had to be in the right place. In the summer of 1960, I found enough circulated 1950-Ds and...
Or drop down a grade or two and get a nice, no-problem example.
If that's a "natural A.U.," I'm a monkey's uncle. That's the most unnatural XF I've ever seen.
What about placing a couple of heavy books on it and leaving it for a while?
Not sure how you got VF for the obverse. It's a G-VG all the way, or possibly a liberal VG8 as another poster wrote.
The grade of this coin shows you that you can't grade all Wheaties by the strength of the lines in the wheat stalks. I have a reference book by...
MS62 BN.
If you're interested in buying used coin books, look on Amazon and eBay. You'll find most everything there.
I think you meant "upgrade," not ungrade in your title. I find this whole discussion impressive, as someone who has bought some coins of British...
Ditto to earlier replies.
Certified only.
I've heard dealers say that ICG stands for "I can't grade."
I'll be 77 in a few days. The advice that I've given to many older collectors is to sell the coins yourself. Your heirs will appreciate the cash...
I'll tell you the value of your 1958 Wheatie. It's 1c.
Pet your dog and forget looking through rolls of Lincoln cents. It's a waste of time.
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