1883-s pawn shop find grade help

MAKECENTS · May 26, 2011

cpm9ball said: ↑

ziggy9 said: ↑

Yes, I read his post. You're missing the point. We see this same scenario here practically on a daily basis. It's like the guy who knew nothing about guns, so he looked down the barrel and pulled the trigger to see if it was loaded. (True story!) So, what if it had been counterfeit? What then?

Chris
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APPLES AND ORANGES CHRIS ....APPLES AND ORANGES.....Your comparison "makes no cents"
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MAKECENTS · May 26, 2011

lkeigwin said: ↑

Whizzing doesn't leave hair lines, FWIW. Surfaces are usually dazzling but the luster is all wrong. And on careful inspection bits of metal can be seen at the edges of devices.

To detect cleaning hair lines use a good loupe and rotate the coin under light. Parallel faint lines that cross devices is a give away. Hair lines that do not cross devices are usually due to die maintenance (often called polish lines, a little too loosely). Random hair lines over devices can be rub from circulation so they are not always fatal.
Lance.
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Thanks Lance, awesome, easy way to put things. Thanks ...This is why i post these threads.

00birdy · May 26, 2011

mark_h said: ↑

Then he would learn a lesson. You have to remember when people come into this hobby they do not want to just look. Everybody wants to get the best deals and best buys. So most of us take a few hard lumps a long the way and learn some very hard lessons. So while you can read books, look at coins(and most just see pictures) and study, when you start buying you want reassurance. So that is why you get a lot of posts like this. To me the key is to provide constructive criticism to help their confidence and encourage them. Stop and think - how many on this site have actually tried to work something or assemble something without reading the directions first? So you try, figure out you need the directions and then actually read them. Same concept.

As for the coin - seems to me in the AU range.
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good post i bet you would make a great manager!

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