Leave the cent alone. There is nothing positive you can do for it. Messing with it will only make it worse.
AU-55
I can't see where the coin is hairlined. Therefore, the word "cleaned" does not really apply to this piece. There are collectors who are totally...
My grade would be AU-50 with the added comment that it may have been dipped. It might just be the picture's exposure, but the color is on the pale...
The coin looks like an MS-66, but there is one problem I have found with PCGS True View photos. They often make the coin look better than it is....
Here is my only 1809 half cent after owning all six of them at one time or another. This one is Cohen variety 1809-3. This is an EAC grade MS-60....
MS-63, no Full Head. There are a lot of small marks that preclude a higher grade. The luster looks good on the obverse. The reverse is more...
Spotting it is not easy. Generally the six varieties of the 1809 half cent offer the biggest challenge if you are out at a show, not using the...
I start from the beginning. [ATTACH]
The trouble with putting values on the 1809 C-1 is that most of the examples I have seen had problems, sometimes big problems. The only piece I...
Given the rate of inflation, the bullion and collector markets might hold up after the pandemic, but that might not be good for the rest of the...
My slab grade would be MS-63. There are marks hidden under the toning, and the tarnish has reached the point where the luster is impacted on the...
GONE! Just like the squirrel running though the front door of Sparky’s house in “National Lampoon’ Christmas Vacation.” I image that this eBay...
Yes the detail on the eagle’s wing is almost always not struck up completely. That makes grading difficult, especially from photos.
[ATTACH] I think that it is genuine. The stuff on the reverse may be from the felt in the jewelry box. Here is another
I have heard of very old English hammered coins falling apart because they contained who knows what in addition to silver. The rare pennies of the...
Heritage charges a 25% buyers' fee on political items. Add to that my local sales tax, and you are up to a little over 133% of the hammer price....
In addition to this nickeling and dimeing you, I've heard a couple dealers say they have left eBay because of the return problems. You ship the...
There are two broad categories of Bryan dollars. The piece you posted, @H8_modern, is called a comparative Bryan dollar. They were made of coin...
This one has been in my collection for a number of years. [ATTACH]
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