Family, kids, coins, sports (playing not watching), jet skiing, wakeboarding, Big Air....no one ever got hurt in the air....its the sudden stop that hurts. I hate Hurricane Sandy. I hate FEMA and i hate the blasted insurance companies.
That is a nice image of what appears to be a nice coin. The somewhat low resolution on the 550x278 pixel image that you first posted did not show enough detail to allow any reasonable guess as to the grade. It would be completely miguided to attempt to grade the coin based on that image. The larger 1100x505 image that you have now posted certainly offer much better detail, and that enables us to judge the coin more accurately. PCGS offers giant 4400x2200 pixel images on CD as well. The latter very large images are the only ones I have seen that are truly good enough to grade from. They are available from PCGS for an extra fee.
Sometimes you get lucky and buy a coin that is graded low for some specific reason, but otherwise has the quality and appearance of a hgher grade. In such cases, you should be thankful that the grade is low !!! Otherwise you would have had to pay much more !!! For example, I have an 1892-S dollar PCGS AU58. The grade is strictly limited by a tiny patch of wear over the ear, and an even tinier patch on the eagle's breast. However, other than that, the coin is 1000% original, with excellent luster, attractive toning, good strike, minimal abrasions, a prooflike reverse, and overall a "Choice Unc" quality. My good fortune !!!
<< <i>That's our ol' Forum member Darkhorse running that department, isn't it? >>
Indeed 'tis. The lad does good work. Always did. A few lucky Darksiders were fortunate enough to have him image their coins for him, back before he went pro.
Brian: I love that 1890-CC. She sure has a very clean cheek for an MS-61 DMPL!! It appears that many of the contact marks are not in the most prime focal areas, making her look a couple of points better than MS-61.
Stuart
Collect 18th & 19th Century US Type Coins, Silver Dollars, $20 Gold Double Eagles and World Crowns & Talers with High Eye Appeal
"Luck is what happens when Preparation meets Opportunity"
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-Amanda
I'm a YN working on a type set!
My Buffalo Nickel Website Home of the Quirky Buffaloes Collection!
Proud member of the CUFYNA
Best,
Sunnywood
Sunnywood's Rainbow-Toned Morgans (Retired)
Sunnywood's Barber Quarters (Retired)
Here's a warning parable for coin collectors...
<< <i>That's our ol' Forum member Darkhorse running that department, isn't it? >>
Indeed 'tis. The lad does good work. Always did. A few lucky Darksiders were fortunate enough to have him image their coins for him, back before he went pro.
Stuart
Collect 18th & 19th Century US Type Coins, Silver Dollars, $20 Gold Double Eagles and World Crowns & Talers with High Eye Appeal
"Luck is what happens when Preparation meets Opportunity"
MS60
Great transactions with oih82w8, JasonGaming, Moose1913.