So are you saying you're comparing your coin to an ungraded Proof set to determine it's grade (the cent in the original post), or are you saying that you can tell a proof coin from a business strike or mint set coin because you have a proof set to look at? There are a lot of differences between a proof set and a business strike. Since you no longer have the No-S proof dime (unfortunate to say the least!), it would be really hard to determine that it was nothing other than a nice 1968 (P) dime. You have better odds at winning Powerball TWICE, then finding the No-S dime.
no .. don't buy a USB Micro. There's another thread here that lists the problems with those in creating artifacts that are not there. I cannot find the thread yet but it's recent within the past week.
Most collectors, suffer the same anxiety. @Willysilver I learn new things abut my camera every day I use it. Practice makes perfect, at least to each's own ability's. Your photos are over pixilated, some where in your process the image is being way over magnified. What you are you using?
No they ain't, boys and girls. MS coins show no evidence of circulation wear. Coins can circulate and show no wear for it. Those coins are MS. Coin grading isn't an exercise in clairvoyance.
If you don't get them from circulation how else would you get an MS coin they are made for circulation
I don't get it now you guys got me real confused I pulled that coin out of circulation so you're saying that it's not even an m s condition whatsoever
If your coins are MS, they don't look like it. 1) because they are posted as Thumbnails, and not full size. 2) they are over pixelated. 3) you are shooting the coin through a flip? I guess that you might have some nice looking coins, But, We don't see them that way. It is hard to read your Photos. Getting descent photos of your coins should be your next venture into this hobby, Your Photos are the only evidence, that your coin exists. On CT we rely on photographs to give you the best knowledge.
Is this the MS68 coin in PCGS ? I think you missed other posters point. I believe what they were saying is that the grade you are seeking for your coin (68+) is not attainable for your coin. MS 68+ is reserved for a really clean coin with very well struck devices, smooth fields and has a very nice luster...almost brand new. I think these coins are those that were struck with a fresh new die or maybe newly cleaned die, the early strikes so they look almost proof like. I'm new to this though...this is just what I've read from a lot of posts on CT.
While it is possible to get a mint state coin from circulation, most of the nicer ones are from mint sets or in bulk coins from the mint.