I guess all the Accented Hair bloodhounds are at evening services tonight?
Russ
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Score number one at $8.50.
Score number two at $5.51.
Come on guys, I'm feeling lonely here.
Russ, NCNE
Score number two at $5.51.
Come on guys, I'm feeling lonely here.
Russ, NCNE
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Brian.
President, Racine Numismatic Society 2013-2014; Variety Resource Dimes; See 6/8/12 CDN for my article on Winged Liberty Dimes; Ebay
1- I'm not a bloodhound
2- I was looking tonight, but at NEW auctions with BIN as I figured you'd be sniping the ones closing. Yep!
3- How in the he-doublehockeysticks can you tell those are AH's? I know the diagnostics and all but those have to be the worst pictures ever!
4- I don't even have any of these things. Throw us a bone sometimes why dontcha?
<< <i>3- How in the he-doublehockeysticks can you tell those are AH's? >>
From those scans, a guess that they might be. From the better scans I had the sellers send me when they first listed the auctions, a certainty that they are.
Russ, NCNE
And, the scan from auction number two:
I have a hunch that if these sellers would have used those pics in the first place, they'd have made a little more money.
Russ, NCNE
nice score on the second coin. i'm hoping you spend the money for that coin to take a trip to NCS. in any event, please keep the board posted when you receive it and if you send it to be certified.
al h.
milk spots can sometimes be lessened to a certain degree but they are actually a part of the coin. they are residue from washing the planchets which wasn't fully removed prior to striking, thus they become part of the surface. NCS should be able to reduce them, but they'll almost always remain and be visible, lowering the numerical grade. the real problem with that half is what appears to be hairlining opposite JFK's face. if it is as bad as it appears the coin would downgrade significantly.
i grade it as PR63DCAM. any other guesses out there? how 'bout you Russ, do you have a pre "coin-in-hand" assessment from the pictures?
al h.
i think you're talking about the first coin, in which case i would agree. the second, with the haze removed by a quick "bath" would no doubt be a wonderfullly contrasted DCAM. check the auction link Russ provided along with the enlarged extra pic he got from the seller and i'm sure you'll agree. no frost break whatsoever and it appears very uniform both obv/rev.
while i don't always see eye-to-eye with Russ, i doubt he would have even have sniped the second coin, given the milkspots and the hairlining, if he wasn't at least reasonably certain it would DCAM. hey, he's shrewd if nothing else, especially with acc. hair JFK's!!!
al h.
I also think there are a lot more AHs out there than collectors, in fact , If not for the registry I dont think anyone would care. The problem is that a 65DCAM counts the same as a PR67 which sells under a hundred bucks.
<< <i>What do the milk spots do as far as grading goes? >>
It depends on where they're located. In the case of this coin, prominent on the obverse as they are, they're a killer. Probably a three point drop.
<< <i>Have you figured out a way to get rid of them? >>
AFAIK, there is no way to completely remove them without damaging the surface, and I've tried every conceivable approach. Even NCS cannot remove most completely. But, they are somehow able to substantially reduce them without harming the coin.
In the case of this particular coin, the hazing that's all over it will be easy to take care of. That alone will produce a much more dramatic contrast than we're seeing in the scans. The milk spotting appears from the scan to be relatively thin and probably would be improved by whatever it is that NCS does (I wish I knew!)
In any event, it's certainly worth $5.51 to get the coin in hand and find out. Particularly since only 51 have ever made the DCAM designation in any grade.
<< <i>I also think there are a lot more AHs out there than collectors >>
coynclecter,
Currently.
Russ, NCNE