Getting a low number of responses on this one. Was it too similar to the last one? I'll leave it open a while longer. Next time gold?
@Conder101 , @Eduard , as copper collectors, I'm curious to hear your opinions on this particular coin.
As the host of the Official CoinTalk Grading Experiment, I may be biased in saying that I find the GTG threads incredibly useful as a...
I am so happy that you recognize this is the best way to learn. Look at as many coins as you can! This is how I learned, this is how most of us...
It means that it wouldn't straight grade (I can't grade it PR-64 or whatever it might be). The grade on the coin, if those are scratches, would be...
You get coins flying out of a coining chamber into a bin, and there's going to be some incidental contact between them! No shovel scoops and no...
I think you're seeing a bit of fin around the rim, but I think there are some hits both obverse and reverse. The fin is quite normal on these coins.
Alrighty: with 57 guesses, we had one of the more contentious coins so far! I am pleased to say that the correct answer was the highest picked at...
For scratches this severe, the only magnification you might need are standard eyeglasses. If they are scratches, they should be quite obvious even...
The problem is, different materials resonate at different frequencies. The resonating frequency of plastic will be quite different than metal. So...
The scratches in front of Franklin's nose are on the holder. The scratches under his bust and at the bottom of the reverse are on the coin. They...
I'll give this one a few more hours and post the result this evening.
You guys asked for copper, so let's grade copper! I will tell you that this coin is designated Brown, so I will not be asking for color...
In other news, "Mint had a whole pile of Dolly Madison gold coins nobody wanted, because they were boring and bland and nobody bought them... so...
Well, let me put it like this: In the old ANACS white holder, it has the intrigue of being in an old holder. Let's assume NGC price guide is...
Haha, you've fooled us all! I stand by my original 65 no-FS. My vote: sell it.
Dude. Don't trigger my PTSD ;)
This coin is in a problem free slab. It is not details graded, and it is not bodybagged.
Where do you think the outside agency gets the equipment to make your tokens? Someone would buy this machine if *they* wanted to be the producer...
You could send it to NCS and then NGC to have them dip and grade it, but honestly it isn't worth it. If you thought it would get 67, I would...
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