One of the more interesting articles I have recently read is Rick Snows' PDS grading system. It's on Eagle Eye's webpage:...
Great find. Hopefully, the toning is all natural and not a dipped coin.
The 83 reverse double die is rather obvious when you see it. "ONE CENT" is where it doubles most, and sometimes the "E" in "E PLURIBUS UNUM."...
Doesn't look like it to me, either. Sorry.
The damage, in my view, is too targeted to be a mint error. LIBERTY is scratched off, IN GOD WE TRUST is, and the date is. It does not seem to...
Surely looks like it has been tampered with, probably with someone who was bored.
It struck me odd that you "hate" the rolls you received, but after reading the strand, I understand. Banks in my area "lie" (if you will) because...
Sure thing. I just wonder who is going to monitor it and in the end if this change (if it happens) will boost the hobby or make it go sour.
I've been doing a lot of thinking about this issue since it came up (again). I believe that if Sheldon had wanted a 100 point system he would...
I bought it from Great Collections. I suggest leaving it the package, though. You know how that goes. You might preempt the company and tell...
I would say that there is something that the naked eye cannot see, but can be seen through a low magnification microscope. Any marks at that...
You have to make a decision, sooner or later on a grade. If we keep adding +s and -s, and decimals, the grading will be too specific and...
I have a "Cheerios" cent. It is worth about $50 according to PCGS. Nice coin, but a fingerprint is over Lincoln's shoulder/coat. [IMG]
Thanks for the info. I was looking at the positioning of the relief, not the edge lettering.
Congratulations on a fine purchase! Slabs are a great way to know that a third party has graded the coin, and that you can sell it graded fairly,...
Very well presented and detailed. Since the die had to have been abraded, as you state, the only conclusion can be a narrow letter at the surface....
It's hard to see the lines in the wheat. The bow tie is strong and the hair has some detail. Comparing it to PCGS photograde, I would judge a 8...
A nice find, but I think paddyman98 is correct. It is a double rim, but I don't think you can call it a collar clash.
Yes. I have an actual Lincoln Cent, dated 1919, that is heads/heads. It, too, looks like it was joined together because of a line that goes...
Hard to say. Perhaps, but there are no other coins known like this. I have a tube of coins that are weird like this one and I simply keep them...
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