Almost Good = Almost as bad as they get
Very Good = Very Worn
Very Fine = Kind of average
Uncirculated = Not too obviously worn
Choice Uncirculated = Probably actually mint state
Andy Lustig
Doggedly collecting coins of the Central American Republic.
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Almost Good = Almost as bad as they get
Very Good = Very Worn
Very Fine = Kind of average
Uncirculated = Not too obviously worn
Choice Uncirculated = Probably actually mint state
Best post I've seen today.
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"Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
"Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire
Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
"Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
"Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire
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Barber/Liberty Head
“I have all the money I want, and there is a better use I can make of my time. We work to become, not to acquire.” — Elbert Hubbard
Buffalo (nickel)/ Indian Head
“I have all the money I want, and there is a better use I can make of my time. We work to become, not to acquire.” — Elbert Hubbard
+holdered
Princess/$1 & $3 gold piece (1854-1889)
“I have all the money I want, and there is a better use I can make of my time. We work to become, not to acquire.” — Elbert Hubbard
Almost Good = Almost as bad as they get
Very Good = Very Worn
Very Fine = Kind of average
Uncirculated = Not too obviously worn
Choice Uncirculated = Probably actually mint state
Doggedly collecting coins of the Central American Republic.
Visit the Society of US Pattern Collectors at USPatterns.com.
@MrEureka said:
Best post I've seen today.
“I have all the money I want, and there is a better use I can make of my time. We work to become, not to acquire.” — Elbert Hubbard
Used to be "Post Strike Damage" but now it's "Post Mint Damage"
"When they can't find anything wrong with you, they create it!"
Would "Blowhard" and "Know-it-All" be interchangeable?
"When they can't find anything wrong with you, they create it!"
@mr1931S
Princess/$1 & $3 gold piece (1854-1889)
No
Let's let Mr. Feld rule on this one, okay?
“I have all the money I want, and there is a better use I can make of my time. We work to become, not to acquire.” — Elbert Hubbard
@mr1931S Lets!
But, while we are waiting i have 6 or 7 one dollar Princess in my possession i am willing to swap straight up for your 3$ Princesses…
Nickle and Nickel
Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
"Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
"Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire
Cent - penny, what ever makes you happy
Are terminal & black beauty the same?
Do you have a Red Book to look at?
“I have all the money I want, and there is a better use I can make of my time. We work to become, not to acquire.” — Elbert Hubbard
Bottom of the barrel of this thread.
Clickbait=PCGS forum thread title
All comments reflect the opinion of the author, even when irrefutably accurate.
clickbait fishbait. Who cares?
Mr. Feld, why not change the title of this thread to "What are some interchangeable numismatic terms that are used to describe coins?"
“I have all the money I want, and there is a better use I can make of my time. We work to become, not to acquire.” — Elbert Hubbard
Engraver - die cutter
Engraving - cutting
pedigree---provenance
Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
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"Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire
cleaned, conserved, boinked
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