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Is that really XF? I am no expert on US coinage but that looks rather worn for XF.

 

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It was sold as an XF and has good eye appeal, but it could be a bit lower.

 

I just realized why this is. There are two threads similarly names, one in US Coins and one in World Coins. I did not realize this until I saw them side by side in the New Posts list.

 

I love Halves; you beat me on price by quite a lot; I paid over $24 for my '45D @mackat .

 

I'm terrible at grading at the new market levels. If anybody says that grading inflation isn't real, I'll counter it till the day I die. There are coins called XF today that wouldn't have dared tried to pass for VF in the past. Most MS 60/62s would have been XF or AU in the past. AU used to only have cabinet friction rather than circulation. Perhaps at the lower end there hasn't been as much inflation, but the high end certainly has. And honestly, most toning used to detract from value rather than increase it.

Times change, but it's hard on us Old Guys.

 

Y'all are way ahead of me on Grading and Terminology, and I do agree re the toning. Since I'm just getting back into this after a 40 year hiatus, it is clear to me that while there may be grading inflation, I see by one of my old Whitman folders that I marked a 1909S Lincoln I had (not a VDB) as being worth about 10¢ in the early Sixties.

 

Some of us are searching thru improperly stored coins.
Half of the 10 UC sets were RPMS.

 

A couple of awesome proof sets, that I purchased from @sonlarson at a great price. I couldn't be happier at this transaction. Everything went well, and he has plenty more worth checking out. The following pics of them are also from him.




The Coins I received did not have the hazy look showing in a few of these shots. They look awesome in hand. And the cases are very heavy compared to U.S. lenses.

 

Although I am working on a type/registry set, my last purchases were coins of my favorite series:

G$1 / 1851 T1 gold dollar



... and a rainbow toned 1945-D WLH:



Not really super high grades, but solid coins with great eye-appeal...

 

I really enjoyed the 40% off price
Even More I enjoyed the explanation for the toning.

 

1828 Half Cent (my first and long overdue Half Cent) - graded AU 53 BN by NGC. The scratches on Liberty's hair and just below her lips are reflections on the slab (I had to photograph this from a strange angle; this coin was probably a little too large to capture with the USB microscope).

 

Perty!

 

A couple of newbies

Raw SMS Jefferson



1951-S MS67+

 

Arrived today. Just because it's cool.

 

Also arrived today: a 20-center.

 

Jelly

 

Newest pickups. Very happy. Got the gold for $20 over melt. Nice toner Walker AU-low MS. And then my ANA medal.

 

Ha! This is the coin i chose for the Modern Commemorative Dollar spot in my 7070. Great design imo!

 

Same here, really like the design on the dollar

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